Though there are 252 cardinals, only 135 cardinals have voting status and are eligible to vote for the next Pope when the ...

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

Even as the more than 1.4 billion Roman Catholics around the world continue to mourn Pope Francis, speculation is building as ...

John Cardinal Njue, Kenya’s only cardinal, is now 81 years old, rendering him ineligible to vote. According to Catholic ...

If any of the African candidates are chosen to be the next pope, the Vatican would see their first African pope in history (not considering the theories that three popes from the past were born in ...

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

As the Vatican prepares the funeral for Pope Francis and church leaders begin to consider his replacement, we look at the late pontiff’s environmental legacy. Pope Francis frequently called for action ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

The death of Pope Francis has attracted remembrances and prayers from around the world, but also millions of dollars from ...

Greg Tobin, author of Conclave and Pope John XXIII, the Good Pope, argues that the time is right for an African pope. He ...

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

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) and released images of the pontiff ...