As the church’s College of Cardinals convenes on May 7 in Rome to choose Francis’ successor, it’s clear that Africa’s role as fertile ground for Christianity will be a priority for whoever ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Pentecostal church in South Africa celebrated Easter Sunday with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with many of them entering into polygamous marriages.

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal When Pope Francis ...

The Episcopal Church has ended a nearly 40-year relationship with the federal government, citing moral opposition in refusing to resettle white Africans from South Africa classified as refugees by ...

The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding ...

“The Asian church has much to give to the world.” The top options from sub-Saharan Africa — Cardinals Robert Sarah of Guinea, Peter Turkson of Ghana and Fridolin Ambongo of the Democratic ...