Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church’s first leader from the Americas ...

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution that has long resisted secularism.

Whispers of a possible African pope are getting louder, and at the centre of the speculation stands Cardinal Peter Turkson, a ...

“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite ...

Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson could be become the new head of the Catholic Church when the Conclave convenes next week. | ...

Teobaldo Visconti became pope Gregory X in September 1271. But the longest conclave in more recent times was that of 1831, ...

Catholics are African, increasing the chances of a Pope from that continent. While the Church is losing influence in Europe ...

Kenyan Cardinal John Njue has announced that he will not participate in the upcoming papal conclave to elect the successor to ...

Cardinal Peter Turkson, a prominent figure from Ghana, is regarded as a significant African leader within the Catholic Church ...

With less than a week to go before the conclave to elect a new pope, Rome's best-known clerical tailors have not received orders for his cassocks.

Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria have pledged to uphold the “theological and pastoral legacy” of ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?