If the sole predictor of who would become the next Pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on Monday, the selection process to elect the 267th pontiff will soon ...

The Church’s future could lie in a conservative continent that has not raised up a supreme pontiff in some 1,500 years.

Amid hopes for a historic first Black pope, African Catholics discuss the potential impact of such a decision by the Vatican.

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...

As questions emerge over the succession of Pope Francis, some are looking to Africa, where the Catholic Church has seen the ...

STORY: At this church in Ivory Coast, some African Catholics are hoping that one of their own could become the first Black ...

Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing Catholic populations in the world and has over 250 million Catholics.

“Pope Francis should be remembered as a post-colonial pope who acknowledged the intertwined histories of ecclesial, political ...

Years later, Francis would travel to Egypt, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ...

Those with ambitions for the top job rarely promote themselves publicly or privately; humility and restraint are considered ...

Drawing on Latin American theology that emphasizes collaboration, developed in response to continued struggles with ...