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 ...

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John Cardinal Njue, Kenya’s only cardinal, is now 81 years old, rendering him ineligible to vote. According to Catholic ...

A group of about 135 cardinals will meet in a few weeks in secret to elect a new pope. But on Kalshi and Polymarket, the high ...

If any of the African candidates are chosen to be the next pope, the Vatican would see their first African pope in history (There are theories that three popes from the past were born in Africa.) ...

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The Church’s future could lie in a conservative continent that has not raised up a supreme pontiff in some 1,500 years.

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About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.