Allegations of stacking the deck would certainly have ensued had Pope Francis been anything but a popular religious leader who by right is an absolute monarch when it comes to the affairs of the ...

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

None of of the 217 popes since Gelasius I are believed to have come from Africa.“The church in North Africa was weakened by very many forces, including the fall of the Roman Empire and also the ...