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 ...

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

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

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 church and world will result in the most diverse ...

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

DAKAR, Senegal — Pope Francis ministered to the poor in Kenya and kissed the feet of South Sudan’s feuding rulers in a plea for peace. He urged Christians and Muslims to reconcile in the ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him foreseeing a papabile ahead of his death ...