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

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

Christianity is booming in Africa, leading analysts to tell Fox News Digital that it could be time for the next pope to come ...

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

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon ...

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

Pope Francis—the head of the Catholic Church, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio—will be laid to rest in Rome in a simple yet rare ...

Pope Francis’ emphasis on reaching out to the “peripheries" of the church and world will result in the most diverse ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him foreseeing a papabile ahead of his death ...

Millions of African Catholics, as well as the continent's leaders, are mourning a man who they felt spoke for Africa.Home to ...

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...