Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

The first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic journey on Chicago's South Side, will be there for ...

A $1.25 million grant is being used to help fund the restoration of two historic buildings. The Historic Charleston ...

The new report from researchers at Rutgers Law School found that Jersey City, Newark, and Paterson saw increases in their homeless population.

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.Location: Vatican City.There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

FILE, Professor Reiland Rabaka, director of CU Boulder’s Center for African and African American Studies, acknowledges allies ...

Carter shares details on leading the costume design department for the box office hit. She also explores how she paid tribute ...

If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...

The South African armed forces said Thursday they had begun withdrawing their peacekeeping troops from rebel-controlled ...

Atalena Napule Gaspore Loliha crafted a new story for Africa’s youngest nation, South Sudan. She unexpectedly won the first ...

Catholic cardinals set May 7 as the date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, following informal meetings where ...

What if we stopped thinking of young people as just “the future” and started listening to what they’re saying right now? That question came up more than once as we spoke with young people at the ...