North Africa once produced Catholic popes who shaped Church traditions, including Easter Sunday and St Valentine’s Day. Will ...

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During the seating there's no communication with the outside world on the proceedings, except for the smoke signals from the ...

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Catholic church members gathered at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Johannesburg South Africa on Wednesday for a mass to ...

The first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic journey on Chicago's South Side, will be there for ...

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

It is unclear how old Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo is - and whether he was born on January 4, 1945, or December 31 that year.

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