African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

By some measures, the world’s most religious countries are mostly in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan ...

Religious observers see a growing number of people abandoning Christian churches in favour of Indigenous spirituality.

The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of ...

Central African Republic’s capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis’ 2015 visit, its streets haunted by fear and division. Yet, there was the open-air ...

South Africa's Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities ...

Catholic Church approaches pivotal conclave with 3 African cardinals among leading pope candidates, reflecting shifting ...

Faith-based communities and their institutions are the single most powerful agency outside the state for mobilising financial ...

In the latest LDS news, the church reports widespread growth in Africa. At the same time, an evangelical publication on the ...

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...