As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The African continent is home to one-fifth of the world's Catholics. Many are hoping the next pope will come from their ...

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...

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

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history.

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

The Catholic church faces a fundamental question as it prepares to elect a new pope. That is, whether to go back to a monarchical papacy with its pomp and pageantry, or to build on the momentum begun ...

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

There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...