Cardinals have talked about Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as someone who could have a steady, ...

A frenzy of betting is underway as gamblers try to predict results of the upcoming conclave to pick Pope Francis’ successor.

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

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

Nathaniel’s wife, who escaped with their two children, told AsiaNews that her husband was shot in the head by terrorists ...

Samuel Escobar, a Peruvian pastor and theologian whose passion for social justice and evangelization resulted in a new field ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

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

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

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

Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria have pledged to uphold the “theological and pastoral legacy” of ...