Catholic Church approaches pivotal conclave with 3 African cardinals among leading pope candidates, reflecting shifting ...

Catholic leaders across Africa are expressing excitement at the election of the first American as Pope Leo XIV.

With at least three African cardinals in the running to become the next Pope, African Catholics are excited, but remain ...

“In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury ... the missionary conversion of the entire Christian community; growth in collegiality and synodality; attention to the sensus ...

The chapel’s doors have been slammed shut, allowing the cardinals to hold their first ballot to look for a successor to Pope ...

The Catholic Church insists that its popes are chosen not by political ... In their history, no Black African has ever been appointed to that body despite massive African growth in membership. This ...

It's very possible the next pope could be from Africa, where the Catholic Church continues to add millions of members.

Here are three questions for news consumers who are paying attention to pre-conclave news. These questions play a crucial ...

Rome Newsroom, 10 May, 2025 / 5:15 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Leo XIV met with the College of Cardinals ... while emphasizing continuity with his predecessors and commitment to the Church’s social teaching ...