Recent years have seen Catholicism’s geographic balance increasingly shift toward the global south. As the church’s College of Cardinals convenes on May 7 in Rome to choose Francis ...

For the Catholic Church in South Africa, June 16 transcends historical remembrance; it stands as a living symbol of the ...

His visit renewed focus on the growing role of African Catholics within the church more broadly. Africa is home to nearly 20% of the world’s Catholics — 236 million of the 1.36 billion ...

Africa is already leading the Catholic Church in many regards. Most just don’t know it." This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Christianity is booming in Africa.

Ahead of the bishops' meeting, the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa held its own assembly July 8-9, where participants compiled a statement addressing church ...

The Nov. 1 event, titled “Building Bridges Across Africa: A Synodal Encounter between Pope Francis and African University Students,” was organized in by the Pan-African Catholic Theology and ...

The consecration began at churches and chapels throughout Croatia, initiated by church bells ringing for five minutes before ...

The Catholic church in Africa – despite its exponential growth – is still treated as a “mission territory”, in need of institutional, theological, pastoral and material support from Rome.

As the Catholic Church prepares for its May 14 conclave, anticipation surges throughout Africa where many faithful harbor hopes for the first African pope in more than 1,500 years. The possibility ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its poor and the marginalized.