One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

A Black pope would make a profound statement — not just in the United States, where President Donald Trump has demonized ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

Turner said he got the idea from the Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose church also ...

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the ...

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon ...

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

Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate deeply resonated with the people of God in Africa, with one exception related to ...

With approximately 30 million adherents in Nigeria, the Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in ...

Pope Francis’ emphasis on reaching out to the "peripheries" of the Catholic Church and world will result in the most diverse ...

Pope Francis visited a record 10 African countries throughout his pontificate, often venturing to areas ravaged by war, ...