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 the sole predictor of who would become the next pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost ...

As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon elect its first black pope. With Africa home to one in five Catholics, the ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ ...

Callista and I attended the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception three times this Holy Week. The ...

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