With Pope Francis’ funeral in the rearview mirror, the focus at the Vatican shifts to the forthcoming papal conclave and the process of electing the next pontiff.  The Catholic Church is bigger than ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.”It implies the<a ...

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

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

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Pope Francis’ death and funeral will usher in a period of transition for the Catholic Church, with cardinals gathering at the Vatican for the papal conclave, the secretive voting that will result in ...

Thus, Karuri and the community he led found themselves in a colonial world teeming with opportunists, where the boundaries ...

Around 30 theologians and pastoral workers gathered April 2–3 in Accra, Ghana, to “shape the church’s vision in Africa for the next 25 years.” (Photo by Charles Ayetan / SECAM / LCI) As ...

Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate deeply resonated with the people of God in Africa, with one exception related to ...

With approximately 30 million adherents in Nigeria, the Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in ...

African bishops’ conferences, largely among the church’s most conservative, pushed back against Francis' positions. After he ...