The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.

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

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

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

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

North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire, which stretched across ...

Pope Francis’ emphasis on reaching out to the “peripheries" of the church and world will result in the most diverse ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him foreseeing a papabile ahead of his death ...

But Africa's share of the Catholic population is growing. The continent is now home to 20 percent of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, as the church struggles to hold on to followers in ...

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