The Catholic church ... in the world church – where a majority of the 1.4 billion Catholics live outside Europe – it’s clear that Africa and the rest of the global south can no longer ...

Those measures have proven crucial for the Roman Catholic ... south. As the church’s College of Cardinals convenes on May 7 in Rome to choose Francis’ successor, it’s clear that Africa ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing ... Catholics across Africa. When he visited African migrants in southern Italy and later kissed the feet of South Sudan’s two competing ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has the world's highest school dropout rates and a driving factor is that parents are being crushed by ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Pope Francis ministered to the poor in Kenya and kissed the feet of South ... for church leaders in Africa, he added, is how to treat polygamous marriages. Catholic doctrine ...

"The church aims to accompany them on this journey to first restore the dignity that has been damaged by their experiences," said Jesuit Fr. Rampeoane Hlobo, a priest in Soweto, South Africa ...

In the nearly 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with significant Catholic ...

The Catholic church ... in the world church - where a majority of the 1.4 billion Catholics live outside Europe - it's clear that Africa and the rest of the global south can no longer accept ...