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.

None of of the 217 popes since Gelasius I are believed to have come from Africa.“The church in North Africa was weakened by very many forces, including the fall of the Roman Empire and also the ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...