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Catholic faithful in Ivory Coast weigh possibility of African pope as they mourn Pope Francis
Faithful in Ivory Coast on Wednesday joined a mass in memory of Pope Francis, admired across much of Africa for his ...
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Pope Francis and Africa: The many highs and a moment of misgiving
Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate deeply resonated with the people of God in Africa, with one exception related to ...
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Africa’s Cardinal Turkson is continent’s papal frontrunner
Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church’s most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly ...
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Africa was vital to Francis’s papacy — and will shape the church’s future
“Africa is now the hope of the church ... where the soft rumble of drums mixed with the lilt of hymns. “Pope Francis died this morning,” priest James William told worshipers, his voice ...
Catholics remember Pope Francis as a friend of Africa, with some setting theology aside
Central African Republic’s capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis’ 2015 visit, ...
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Conservative Catholics campaign for the new Pope to be more anti-LGBTQ+
Some of the candidates are predicted to build on Francis’ more progressive agenda, while others represent a return to a more ...
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Potential Pope Francis successor views homosexuality as an ‘abomination’
Francis vehemently opposed Argentina’s marriage equality law that then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner signed in ...
Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a theologian, a diplomat and a simple street priest
After St. John Paul II broke the centurieslong Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened considerably. When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to choose a ...