Many Catholics in Africa are asking whether the next Pope will be from their continent. This, increasingly, seems likely.

Catholic cardinals will meet on 7 May to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced on Monday, a week after the death ...

The Church's 252 cardinals were called back to Rome after the Argentine's death, although only 135 are eligible to vote in the conclave.

Francis was laid to rest on Saturday with a funeral and burial ceremony that drew 400,000 people to St Peter's Square and ...

As accolades poured in from around the world on the death of Pope Francis, prominent Black Americans pointed to the pontiff’s legacy of advocating for the marginalized, including Black people. Others, ...

The Vatican specialist Richard Raho suggests that the new pope might be a cardinal from Africa. Among the potential ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

The beautiful town of Nyafeku Ekroful in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District, the proud hometown of Cardinal Peter Kwodwo ...

Who will emerge from the conclave as the 267th pope and leader of the Catholic church? The papabili cardinals seen as ...

A contender to be the first black pope in modern times - With Pope Francis's passing, focus turns to Cardinal Peter Turkson, ...

Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson said he was not ready to become pope -- and that the Catholic Church might not be either.

Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is a top contender to succeed Pope Francis, potentially becoming the first Black pope in over 1,500 years.