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

Pope Francis visited a record 10 African countries throughout his pontificate, often venturing to areas ravaged by war, ...

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

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

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

Throughout his papal leadership, Pope Francis solidified recently established Vatican conventions by visiting 10 African ...

The process of selecting the next Holy Father after Pope Francis’ death is set to begin any day now. The College of Cardinals ...

About 250,000 mourners in Vatican City fell into hushed silence on Saturday morning as the funeral for Pope Francis began.

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