Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...

Over the weekend, the clergy put the late Pope Francis to rest, surrounded by thousands of followers. CNBC's Megan Cassella ...

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Despite its diminutive size on the all-too-common world maps that use Mercator projection, Africa is the second-largest ...

Pope Francis visited Manila and Tacloban, Jan. 15 to 19, 2015 – the third pontiff to visit the Philippines after Paul VI in 1970 and John Paul II in 1981 and 1995. Luneta in Manila is the site of the ...

Following decades of speculation, skepticism and lack of consensus, Nepal’s government has announced the country’s first-ever ...

Hundreds of people can be seen praying in unison in St Peter's Square in the Vatican - some are crying. A number of people ...

JAKARTA - Pope Francis's death has elicited an outpouring of grief in Indonesia, with tributes in the world's largest Muslim-majority country praising ... the 280 million population is Muslim ...

The growing number of cardinals from Africa eligible to vote in the upcoming papal election, along with a rising number of Catholics on the continent, signals promise for those hoping for an African ...

KUHN: The following year, Pope Francis visited the Philippines, home to the largest Catholic population in Asia. More than 6 million people attended the pope's mass in Manila, the largest papal ...