Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American leader known for his humility and gentle charisma, died last Monday ...

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

“All Christians are called to be saints. Saints are persons in heaven (officially canonized or not), who lived heroically virtuous lives, offered their life for others, or were martyred for the faith, ...

What happens after Pope Francis funeral – how the Conclave to select his successor will work - The late pope broke from ...

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

With Pope Francis’ funeral in the rearview mirror, the focus at the Vatican shifts to the forthcoming papal conclave and the ...

Pope Francis’ death and funeral will usher in a period of transition for the Catholic Church, with cardinals gathering at the ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

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

Thus, Karuri and the community he led found themselves in a colonial world teeming with opportunists, where the boundaries ...

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