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

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

Religious observers see a growing number of people abandoning Christian churches in favour of Indigenous spirituality.

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

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

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

The growing number of cardinals from Africa eligible to vote in the upcoming papal election, along with a rising number of Catholics on the continent, signals promise for those hoping for an African ...

Pope Francis—the head of the Catholic Church, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio—will be laid to rest in Rome in a simple yet rare ...

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

Columnist Will Sutton says MAGA might like to see an African pope and considers whether Black Catholics might agree.

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