That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

Backed by a coalition of influential funders, including Bank of America, the Central Africa Forest Initiative, the Good ...

Africa as a whole is strong in the faith – it is the only continent where numbers are still growing and it ordains the highest number of priests in the world. With over 52 million believers, the ...

A major charity, African Parks, linked to Prince Harry, was under investigation for alleged abusive behaviour against ...

Why, in a global communion of 1.4 billion faithful, has the modern conclave not looked beyond Europeans for a new pope? And ...

Congo, officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a country located in central Africa. It is the ...

A Filipino or Congolese pope would signal that Catholicism’s demographic heart now beats in Manila and Kinshasa, rather than ...

The inauguration ceremony, which held at the Stade de l’Amitié sino-gabonaise in Libreville, Gabon, saw military parades, marchpast and display of Gabon's rich cultural heritage.

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has reaffirmed Zambia’s commitment to deepening bilateral relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ...

Congolese thinker, philosopher and linguist Valentin-Yves Mudimbe died on 21 April 2025 at the age of 83. He was in the US, where he had lived for many years.A towering figure in African critical ...

The Met’s exhibition charts the evolution of the Black dandy from the 18th century to today. Here’s what to look for on the ...