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The Catholic church faces a fundamental question as it prepares to elect a new pope. That is, whether to go back to a monarchical papacy with its pomp and pageantry, or to build on the momentum begun ...
North Africa once produced Catholic popes who shaped Church traditions, including Easter Sunday and St Valentine’s Day. Will ...
The African continent is home to one-fifth of the world's Catholics. Many are hoping the next pope will come from their ...
The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of ...
One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...
Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.
If conservatives have their way, Roman Catholic cardinals would make history by naming the first Black pope in history. The ...
Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...
As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...
Over 170 Christians were reportedly killed during Lent and Holy Week in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, with at least 72 deaths ...