If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic that Pope Francis ...

Then the paneled teakwood doors swung open, and out into the early spring sunshine of Cape Town strode the man they had just elected Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa to succeed the late ...

Speculation swirls on an African successor to Pope Francis Church membership growing fastest on the continent Names from Ghana, Congo and Ivory Coast circulating Vatican insiders sceptical that ...

Vodun was preserved through syncretism, as African deities and spirits were merged with or disguised as Catholic saints. “Our African ancestors were not tribal savages, they had sophisticated ...

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously ...