Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on April 21, the selection process to elect the 267th pontiff will soon ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

All eyes are on the Vatican as the conclave deliberates. Speculation is rife that the next pontiff may come from Africa or ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made ...

Faithful in Ivory Coast on Wednesday joined a mass in memory of Pope Francis, admired across much of Africa for his ...

What part of the world will the next pope come from? Anything is possible when considering who the next leader of the ...

Moment ring and seal used by Pope Francis are 'destroyed' by an unnamed female Vatican official, in a task usually reserved ...

Central African Republic’s capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis’ 2015 visit, ...

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

In his 47 apostolic journeys outside Italy, Pope Francis, who passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, at the age of 88, visited 68 countries — 10 of them in Africa. He began with Kenya in ...

Catholic bishops in Cameroon and around Africa have been voicing their opinions about the kind of leader they would love to see elected to replace Pope Francis. “Following the death of a pope ...