Catholic Church approaches pivotal conclave with 3 African cardinals among leading pope candidates, reflecting shifting ...

North Africa once produced Catholic popes who shaped Church traditions, including Easter Sunday and St Valentine’s Day. Will ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

With at least three African cardinals in the running to become the next Pope, African Catholics are excited, but remain ...

The conclave must avoid becoming a battleground for reactionary or revolutionary impulses. It must be a sacred discernment, ...

The 2025 papal conclave will be the most geographically diverse in history, reflecting the global nature of the Catholic ...

The so-called “princes of the church” will ... of the Roman Catholic world, as well as the specific efforts made by Francis to deepen the Church’s reach and influence outside the West ...

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made it possible to advance a new church culture that respected the voice and ...

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

Pope Francis often pointed to Africa, which is seeing the highest growth in population in the Catholic church, as the continent of joy and hope. A continent where the world can see how religious ...