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 ...

Here are three questions for news consumers who are paying attention to pre-conclave news. These questions play a crucial role in this week’s “Crossroads” podcast, which focuses on some elite ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...

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?

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 ...