As Africa’s Catholic population surges, faithful on the continent express cautious optimism for historic representation at ...

Throughout his papal leadership, Pope Francis solidified recently established Vatican conventions by visiting 10 African ...

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

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

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

As the Catholic Church prepares for the election of a new Pope, 18 African cardinals are among the 135 eligible cardinals who ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

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

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 ...

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

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