Cardinal Sir John Ribat told the Post Courier newspaper his vote will be for the interest of five million Catholics around ...

LOVE was the late Pope Francis’ final message to Papua New Guinea and it is with love that the country must unite and ...

Cardinals have set May 7 for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor. Learn about the latest developments here.

Ahead of the May 7 start of the papal conclave, the Pontifical Missions Societies USA is inviting faithful to pray – not only for the assembly as a whole, but for a specific cardinal elector who will ...

He installed Washington, D.C.’s first Black cardinal, connected with America’s first Black president, and appointed three Black men who are in contention to succeed him. He condemned racism as ...

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson ... If elected, Turkson would make history as the first Black pope and the first African pope in over 1,500 years, since Pope Gelasius I (492–496 AD).

Dignitaries and faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis' funeral before his burial outside the Vatican.

Cardinal Peter Turkson has emerged as one of the front runners who cold be made the next leader of the Catholic Church, ...

While the funeral is first and foremost, attention will also begin to turn to choosing Pope Francis’ successor Among the potential candidates is Cardinal Peter Turkson, who could be the first black ...

The Vatican is in mourning following the death of Pope Francis. Crowds of mourners gathered at St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning as his body was moved to lie in state before his funeral.