Christianity is booming in Africa, leading analysts to tell Fox News Digital that it could be time for the next pope to come ...

A UN peacekeeping soldier patrols a street near Bangui’s Koudoukou mosque, Central African Republic, before the arrival of ...

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) gathered to pay their respects to the pope and sent their ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on Monday, the selection process to elect the 267th pontiff will soon ...

The next pope will take over a Roman Catholic Church with dwindling membership in Europe, North America and Latin America, ...

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

Amid hopes for a historic first Black pope, African Catholics discuss the potential impact of such a decision by the Vatican.

Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing Catholic populations in the world and has over 250 million Catholics.

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

The Church’s future could lie in a conservative continent that has not raised up a supreme pontiff in some 1,500 years.

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...