Here is a selection of possible contenders, in no particular order. The list will be updated as cardinals continue their ...

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is the leader of approximately half a million Catholics in the second-oldest diocese in ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

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

Conservatives are also pushing for Cardinal Peter Erdo of Hungary, who has been silently complicit in the wake of repressive ...

Pope Francis offered respect. His successor must offer justice for slavery, colonisation, and enduring white supremacy.

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

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

Cardinals attend a Mass presided over by Cardinal Pietro Parolin in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on the second of nine ...

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