His election reflects a Church that is not shrinking but expanding — a Church alive in every corner of the world, including ...

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) expects Pope Leo XIV to unite nations, enabling every individual to take ...

The Church is not a humble institution. It is a transnational empire, second only to the Chinese Communist Party in ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on May 8 by cardinals in a conclave at the Vatican, which wrapped up in less than ...

Reno Omokri, a Nigerian author and social commentator, has questioned why a non-Caucasian Cardinal has never been elected Catholic Church Pope for the past one thousand years.According to Omokri, this ...

Catholic leaders across Africa are expressing excitement at the election of the first American as Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a longtime missionary in Latin America, was unexpectedly elected as the new pope on Thursday, ...

While an African pope would be a historically stunning development, just one of the drawbacks is that no African cardinal holds a major office in the Vatican.

The chapel’s doors have been slammed shut, allowing the cardinals to hold their first ballot to look for a successor to Pope ...

Here are three questions for news consumers who are paying attention to pre-conclave news. These questions play a crucial ...

Catholic Church approaches pivotal conclave with 3 African cardinals among leading pope candidates, reflecting shifting ...