Victor Mooney, a former Long Islander who rowed 5,000 miles across the Atlantic in 2015, is taking his thirst for adventure ...

The 69-year-old former Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in history, has led around two dozen public events since ...

I don’t think he’s the kind of man who sends coded messages,” Cardinal Michael Czerny says in this exclusive interview with ...

When the conclave's cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo's frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the 267th pope will have to decide whether to continue Francis’ policies.

Pope Francis marked multiple firsts for the papacy ... next pope will similarly come from outside Europe, such as Asia or Africa, and potentially be another history-making leader.

There’s no record the new pope ever identified as Black, and he may never have researched his family’s roots in New Orleans.

Worshippers in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to Africa's biggest Catholic populations ... as the city's archbishop had been seen as a potential successor to Pope Francis. Kinshasa ...

Pope Francis visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from January 31 to February 3, 2023, followed by a trip to South Sudan, as part of his extensive journey across Africa. The purpose ...

it may be difficult in this current conclave to elect a pope from Africa. While Francis shrewdly stacked the College of Cardinals, it may be hard to get consensus around candidates who are so ...

Pope Leo, formerly known as Robert Francis Prevost, is a member of the Augustinian order, which is known for fostering ...

It could also produce a more conservative pope less animated by ... “More traditional churches in Africa, where the faith is growing the fastest, rejected Francis’s 2023 authorization of ...

Pope Francis elevated Cardinal Matteo Zuppi ... Cardinal Peter Turkson would be the first African pope since the fifth century. The 76-year-old from Ghana has grown in popularity as the number ...