Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

Relatives of Venezuelan migrants jailed in El Salvador protest outside the United Nations building in Caracas, Venezuela, ...

Wallace Mkanka holds his winning sculpture for an upcoming Oxford University exhibition on Cecil Rhodes’ legacy, at Chitungwiza Arts Centre near Harare, Zimbabwe.

It's very possible the next Pope could be from Africa, where the Catholic Church continues to add millions of members.

Top contenders include Ghana's Cardinal Turkson and Congo's Cardinal Ambongo, although insiders say none is a clear ...

As the Catholic Church prepares for the election of a new Pope, 18 African cardinals are among the 135 eligible cardinals who ...

Understanding the politics of the cardinals—and how Francis may have influenced the election of his successor.

The rules of the conclave are to cast one ballot the first evening to gauge initial preferences, without expecting anyone to ...

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

For centuries, the role has gone to a member of the College of Cardinals – and almost always to an Italian. Might we soon ...

Even as the more than 1.4 billion Roman Catholics around the world continue to mourn Pope Francis, speculation is building as ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on Monday, the selection process to elect the 267th pontiff will soon ...