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

The next pope will take over a Roman Catholic Church with dwindling membership in Europe, North America and Latin America, ...

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

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

Christianity is booming in Africa, leading analysts to tell Fox News Digital that it could be time for the next pope to come ...

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

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

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

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

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him known a papabile emerging even before his ...

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