One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

He did not overcome the divisions in the church within the rich world. Rather, he troubled Catholic conservatives ... and bishop for many years in the Washington Archdiocese and in Dallas.

Pope Francis's death comes after a series of health struggles. He held his final public appearance on Easter Sunday.

As the head of the Catholic Church for a dozen years ... titled “The Triumph of Catholic Africa,” which he pointed the Washington Examiner to. Moreover, he said, “By about 2026, there ...

But few could have predicted that appearance would be his last and that just hours later, he would leave unfinished his ...

Hours after his death, political leaders in Washington, D.C., expressed their ... As leader of the Catholic Church, he influenced the lives of countless people around the world." ...

US President will be at the Vatican for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, reflecting the growing importance of the Catholic ...

But just outside town, on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River, conservative Catholicism is flourishing. Last year, the ...

As the bespectacled, crimson-robed cleric led the procession bringing Pope Francis up the aisle of St Peter’s Basilica for ...

The Archbishop of Washington says Pope Francis was 'our father':: April 21, 2025:: Washington, D.C.:: Cardinal Robert McElroy ...

Pope Francis, who died of a stroke on April 21, came to the United States in 2015, where he visited the White House, spent ...

It’s never happened before: the election of an American Pope.  Normally, Pope’s are chosen from the ranks of Italian cardinals and bishops – and indeed, ...