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

Vatican City — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, ...

As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas and the first Jesuit to lead the Roman ...

If the sole predictor of who would become the next pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost ...

Many Catholics in Africa are asking whether the next Pope will be from their continent. This, increasingly, seems likely.

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon elect its first black pope. With Africa home to one in five Catholics, the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ ...

FrontPageAfrica has reliably gathered that Liberia’s religious community, acting on the request of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, is attempting to persuade Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa to resign amid ...

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has defended the government's partnership with churches, dismissing claims of division between church and state.Speaking during a fundraiser at Marani Catholic Church ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

Pope Francis' successor will face a litany of challenges, from the place of women and the LGBTQ community in the Catholic ...