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

The first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic journey on Chicago's South Side, will be there for ...

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

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.Location: Vatican City.There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history.

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

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

Pope Francis chose 149 of the current members of the college, most of whom will help choose his successor as cardinal ...

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is the leader of approximately half a million Catholics in the second-oldest diocese in ...

Around 30 theologians and pastoral workers gathered April 2–3 in Accra, Ghana, to “shape the church’s vision in Africa for the next 25 years.” (Photo by Charles Ayetan / SECAM / LCI) As ...