COMMENTARY: A journey across Eastern and Southern Africa revealed the Gospel lived with freshness and zeal — a sign of where ...

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. The ...

Catherine Conybeare’s new biography reveals a bishop formed by two worlds, two languages, and a church struggling to ...

Across Africa, many Catholic faithful have long yearned for the Catholic Church to fully recognize the spiritual heroes who've shaped their communities — people like Kenya's Blessed Irene Stefani and ...

Welcome to a new NPR series where we spotlight the people making headlines — and the stories behind them. The progressive pontifex is visiting parts of Africa this week, and must fulfill a balancing ...

Christian workers in Africa are participating in the third attempt to take the message of Christ to that great continent. The first attempt began in the days of the apostles. Christianity spread from ...

Delegates of the third Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life who gathered in Ivory Coast’s city of Abidjan from Aug. 5–10 have called for the support of African ...

That fallen pastor or troubled tradition was never responsible for the truthfulness of the Gospel. That is God’s work, and ...

Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate — characterized by an emphasis on mercy and compassion, the need to care for creation, and attention to the marginalized and “peripheries” of the Church and ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Young men and women wearing the words “Pope Francis” on their backs and “Catholic Youth” on their sleeves packed the bleachers of a stadium in Mozambique on Thursday and listened ...