VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first ... the world, one of ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope ... including the Church body that promotes social justice, human rights and world peace.

The Black church would become the first institution formed by newly emancipated ... an increased sense that people feel powerless in the world around them,” Dr. Tyler of Mother Bethel said.

Live updates: Black smoke signals no pope named in today's first conclave ... "outside world." Before voting, the cardinals discuss the needs and challenges facing the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV has appealed to world leaders to pursue peace, not war, in his first Sunday address to crowds in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City. The new pope, formally Cardinal Robert Prevost, called ...

“That’s the legacy of our church.” Founded in 1838 and part of the nation’s first independent Black denomination, the congregation laid the building’s cornerstone in 1881. AME churches ...