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

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 ...

The conclave — where cardinals worldwide converge in Vatican City to elect a new pontiff, following Pope Francis' death ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to elect a new head of the Catholic Church.

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

Cardinals of the Catholic Church present in Rome have announced the conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin in May.

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

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

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

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

Traditions, Rituals in Pope’s Funeral” COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | As the world watched the solemn burial of Pope ...