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

With representation from more than 50 countries, the college of cardinals has the most global composition than ever before.

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.

His final assignment as a priest would bring him back to Greensboro and St. Benedict, the city's first Catholic parish ... There weren't enough priests to give Communion, so why not let lay ...