STORY: At this church in Ivory Coast, some African Catholics are hoping that one of their own could become the first Black ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis's legacy of ...

The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural ...

Five new stakes were created in Brazil, DR Congo, Montana, Philippines and Virginia; 13 stakes were reorganized in Arizona, ...

Father Camille Esika, rector of Notre Dame du Congo Parish in Kinshasa, fondly remembered Pope Francis' 2023 visit to the ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

Ahead of the conclave to select the next pope, names circulating include cardinals Bo of Myanmar, Tagle of the Philippines ...

Trump and VP Vance pause near Oval Office after honoring 2025 College Football champs Ohio State at White House.

The death toll from a boat crash in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 from 50 with more than 100 still missing, officials said Friday. “The death toll among the 500 ...

The controversial founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince, has struck a fresh deal with the government of the Democratic Republic ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense ...