Turner said he got the idea from the Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose church also ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

A UN peacekeeping soldier patrols a street near Bangui’s Koudoukou mosque, Central African Republic, before the arrival of ...

It's very possible the next pope could be from Africa, where the Catholic Church continues to add millions of members.

If the sole predictor of who would become the next pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost certain he would hail from Africa. The continent’s Catholic population is ...

The death of Pope Francis has reignited fresh hopes for the first African leader to be installed at the helm of the Catholic Church. However, there are reasons to believe that their time has not quite ...

A continent where religion permeates most aspects of private and public life, Africa is where the Roman Catholic Church is ...

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) gathered to pay their respects to the pope and sent their ...

As the Catholic Church prepares for the election of a new Pope, 18 African cardinals are among the 135 eligible cardinals who ...

Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica to lie in state for three days of public mourning for the ...

The Pope aimed to foster a more participatory and missionary Church by emphasizing greater lay involvement, strengthening ...

Senior political figures are among the believers who have come to pay tribute to the late leader of the Catholic Church.