This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on Africa, a vast continent spanning the Equator and containing more than fifty countries and many different climate zones and landscapes.

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

"One of the biggest things Pope Francis did for Africa was to bring global attention to the continent's importance in the Catholic Church," said Charles Collins, managing editor of Crux ...

Millions of African Catholics, as well as the continent's leaders, are mourning a man who they felt spoke for Africa. Home to nearly a fifth of the Church's followers, or 272 million people ...