“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite ...

The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is the leader of approximately half a million Catholics in the second-oldest diocese in ...

The election of an African Pope would show the Catholic Church’s faith not only in an African leader but in the Continent as ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

Bishops in Cameroon have gathered in the capital Yaoundé for their 50th Ordinary Plenary, but the death of Pope Francis and ...

Trump won the Catholic vote by double digits last November and since then has received praise from Catholics on several ...

The conclave to elect the new pope begins on 7 May and while there are no officials candidates for the post, some cardinals ...

The 76-year-old born into a humble family of 10 children is the first clergyman from the west African country to receive a ...

Conservatives are also pushing for Cardinal Peter Erdo of Hungary, who has been silently complicit in the wake of repressive ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...