Christianity is booming in Africa, leading analysts to tell Fox News Digital that it could be time for the next pope to come ...

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

If conservatives have their way, Roman Catholic cardinals would make history by naming the first Black pope in history. The ...

The process of selecting the next Holy Father after Pope Francis’ death is set to begin any day now. The College of Cardinals ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

Pope Francis’ emphasis on reaching out to the “peripheries" of the church and world will result in the most diverse ...

Pope Francis—the head of the Catholic Church, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio—will be laid to rest in Rome in a simple yet rare ...

Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate deeply resonated with the people of God in Africa, with one exception related to ...

A Black pope would make a profound statement — not just in the United States, where President Donald Trump has demonized ...

Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing Catholic populations in the world and has over 250 million Catholics.

With approximately 30 million adherents in Nigeria, the Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in ...