Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis's legacy of ...

Father Camille Esika, rector of Notre Dame du Congo Parish in Congo's capital Kinshasa, fondly remembered Pope Francis' 2023 ...

(James Hill | The New York Times) Bishops and cardinals during the funeral service of Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will be a more modest event, after the pontiff broke with longstanding Vatican tradition to simplify ...

The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural ...

Church bells tolled across the capital of Africa's most populous Roman Catholic nation on Monday after the death of Pope ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of which direction the Roman ...

Pope Francis reshaped the Catholic Church. Cardinals will come together in the coming days to begin the process of selecting ...

Pope Francis visited 10 African countries during his five trips to the continent, promoting inter-religious dialogue and ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

Ahead of the conclave to select the next pope, names circulating include cardinals Bo of Myanmar, Tagle of the Philippines ...

Residents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital, Kinshasa reacted to comments made by US President Donald Trump ...