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

According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass at the Vatican and 150,000 more lined the ...

Sudan's capital city has been liberated after more than two years of civil war, but it's been left in ruins. Emmanuel Akinwotu is an international correspondent for NPR. He joined NPR in 2022 from The ...

According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass at the Vatican and 150,000 more lined the ...

GNA- Catholic faithful, the diplomatic community and other religious bodies joined the Catholic faithful Friday evening to ...

Under the bright Roman sun and amid crowds extending down the Via della Conciliazione, the funeral Mass unfolded within the ...

When Pope Francis was elected as the first Latin American pontiff, he said his brother cardinals went out of their way to pick someone from the ...

Pope Francis on Sunday was laid to rest after a funeral mass with more than 250,000 mourners and more than 130 world leaders ...

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

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

Nations and cities from Cairo to Cape Town also wonder whether one of their own will stay in Rome as the next pope ...