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Two cardinals of the Catholic Church from Africa were rejuvenated below the age of 80 this week, allowing them to vote in the ...
A champion of the Catholic Church’s most traditional and conservative wing and seen as a frontrunner to be elected Supreme ...
A rare adjustment has expanded the number of voting cardinals to 135, amplifying African representation in the selection of the next pope.
Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first ...
As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to enter the Sistine Chapel Wednesday to choose the next pope, a surprising ...
A Filipino or Congolese pope would signal that Catholicism’s demographic heart now beats in Manila and Kinshasa, rather than ...
The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of ...
Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.
Over 170 Christians were reportedly killed during Lent and Holy Week in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, with at least 72 deaths ...