African Catholics are enthusiastic about the possibility of a new pope who could reflect the continent’s growing influence within the Catholic Church With at least three African cardinals in the ...

Jackie Bolware regularly attends the annual Mass in Celebration of Black Catholic History Month. She said that every year ...

The Catholic church faces a fundamental question as it prepares to elect a new pope. That is, whether to go back to a monarchical papacy with its pomp and pageantry, or to build on the momentum begun ...

JOHANNESBURG: The next pope could, and some analysts say should, come from Africa. Christianity is booming here. More people are becoming Catholics on the continent than anywhere else in the world, ...

In a wide-ranging interview, Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua reflects on Africa’s growing role as a Church ‘missionary to ...

Catholic leaders have issued a joint statement condemning the rising wave of violence affecting schools across South Africa.

The Global Christian Forum in Accra, Ghana, in April 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As Rome prepares for the denouement of Pope Francis’s long-running Synod of Bishops on ...

Black Catholic History Month celebrates the African American leaders in Catholicism. Catholic leaders emphasize year-round ...

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic’s capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis’ 2015 visit, its streets haunted by fear and ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic that ...

Wrapping up his first international trip as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he would like to visit Algeria in 2026 as part of a voyage to Africa, which could be his next overseas destination. "I ...

With at least three African cardinals in the running to become the next Pope, African Catholics are excited by the prospect but remain cautiously optimistic. Cardinals Robert Sarah of Guinea, Peter ...