Catholics are African, increasing the chances of a Pope from that continent. While the Church is losing influence in Europe ...

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

Cardinal Peter Turkson, a prominent figure from Ghana, is regarded as a significant African leader within the Catholic Church ...

Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria have pledged to uphold the “theological and pastoral legacy” of ...

Pope Francis chose 149 of the current members of the college, most of whom will help choose his successor as cardinal ...

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, France — considered a contender to be the next pope — has been jokingly referred to ...

After his death, the Church in Africa has said Pope Francis has played a special role for Catholics on the continent.

Euclid is a six-year mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) aimed at mapping the dark universe by analyzing the positions ...

“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite ...

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is the leader of approximately half a million Catholics in the second-oldest diocese in ...

The 76-year-old born into a humble family of 10 children is the first clergyman from the west African country to receive a ...