Catholic Church approaches pivotal conclave with 3 African cardinals among leading pope candidates, reflecting shifting ...

Catholic leaders across Africa are expressing excitement at the election of the first American as Pope Leo XIV.

Church leaders in Africa said they trusted Pope Leo XIV would recognise the continent as “an indispensable partner in the ...

In a statement provided to OSV News, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington said that it was "providing limited and ...

With at least three African cardinals in the running to become the next Pope, African Catholics are excited, but remain ...

Black and Creole Catholics in the U.S. say that a pope who holds these multiple identities is just what the Catholic Church ...

Omokri also questioned the credibility of oft-cited historical claims of African Popes—such as Pope Victor I, Miltiades, and ...

While an African pope would be a historically stunning development, just one of the drawbacks is that no African cardinal holds a major office in the Vatican.

The region that encompasses the Middle East and North Africa is home to only around ... which I suppose conservatives in the Catholic Church weren’t happy about.” For Catholics in the region ...

This paradigm shift reflects the profound transformation within the Catholic Church ... cardinals from Eastern Churches who serve outside the Middle East and North Africa.

Sister Ngalula, a Congolese thelogian, says more women should lead the Catholic Church ...