But close church-watchers say the rumour mill about a hard-right post-Pope Francis turn rather reflects the built-up longings ...

President John Dramani Mahama has made a case for Ghana's Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson as the next Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.According to President Mahama, the 76-year old Cardinal Turkson ...

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the ...

The promotion of conservative candidates from some corners started almost immediately after Francis’s death was announced.

Columnist Will Sutton says MAGA might like to see an African pope and considers whether Black Catholics might agree.

Politics • Sports • Religion • Humanitarian efforts And the individuals leading these pillars, the POTUS, the OIC Chair, the ...

The cardinals -- at least, those under 80 years old -- vote for as long as it takes to elect Pope Francis' successor.

Catholic cardinals agreed on Monday to begin a conclave on May 7 to elect a new pope, and highlighted clerical sexual abuse ...

The Vaticanist Richard Raho suggests that the new pope might be a cardinal from Africa. Among the potential candidates, he ...

Because here, in the days between a papal funeral and a conclave, the real sport isn’t “calcio,” or soccer. It’s the ancient, ...

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