A ‘national conversation’ that excludes the president's fiercest critics is unlikely to produce reconciliation. It may, ...

President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced plans for a national dialogue aimed at ...

Can the American threat to Christianity be contained? The papal conclave’s answer is Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American with an extensive career as a missionary in Peru and as a senior official in ...

At a major peace summit in Poland, church leaders from around the globe urged Christians to be bold in building peace amid wars in Ukraine, the Holy Land, Africa and beyond. Apologizing for his ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The overarching forum of African Catholic leaders looked to the future of the church on the continent. NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — African Catholic leaders called for peace, dialogue ...

According to Cardijnal Ambongo, he worked with the head of the DDF, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, and with Pope Francis to produce a statement that the permission for same-sex blessings did not ...

With the freezing of critical aid to African countries, the cardinal described Africa as 'a magnet for conflicts and fights over the natural resources so important to modern technology.' Cardinal ...

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu arrives to celebrate Mass, three days before the conclave to elect the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, in Rome, Sunday, May 4, 2025 These are the most ...

As the Catholic Church prepares for its May 14 conclave, anticipation surges throughout Africa where many faithful harbor hopes for the first African pope in more than 1,500 years. The possibility ...

On Wednesday, 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church. What on earth will happen remains known only to heaven. After two weeks of debate, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church credible ...