Pope transformed the church’s senior leadership, exposing growing differences over teachings. “Once you start opening the ...

STORY: At this church in Ivory Coast, some African Catholics are hoping that one of their own could become the first Black ...

For today’s Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja hears from two Congolese people who met the pope as students, Mpongo Simon and Christine Mwanini, and speaks to Father Desmond Nair, a Catholic Priest of the ...

Some Africans are hoping one of their own could maybe become the first Black pope in modern history and add onto Francis's ...

US spared Malawi from embassy closure list as Trump administration shutters nearly 30 diplomatic missions - The Maravi Post ...

The EU wants to cut reliance on powers like China for mineral supplies by the end of the decade. As geopolitical tensions ...

Years later, Francis would travel to Egypt, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ...

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 ...

Tributes came from around the globe, offering condolences to the world’s Catholics and praising the pontiff’s commitment to ...

Pope Francis, 88, the oldest pope in over a century, died Monday morning, though quiet discussions on who could succeed him ...