Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has replaced Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin as the new favorite to become the next pope ...

Cardinal Peter Turkson is rising as a strong contender to succeed Pope Francis, at least among crypto bettors on Polymarket ...

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

ROME (Reuters) - With betting on the next pope frowned upon in the home of the Vatican, thousands of Italians have instead ...

The promotion of conservative candidates from some corners started almost immediately after Francis’s death was announced.

Cardinal Peter Turkson, a prominent figure from Ghana, is regarded as a significant African leader within the Catholic Church ...

Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church's most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly ...

VATICAN CITY — Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church’s most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly growing — and which some believe could be the ...

In Ghana in 2008, Turkson acted as mediator on a peace council following close elections that threatened to erupt into violence. A year later, he was chosen by Benedict XVI for a key role within a ...

Sports betting can take a back seat this month because people are weighing the odds on who will become the next pope.

Even before former pope Benedict XVI's surprise resignation in 2013, Cardinal Peter Turkson had been considered Africa's ...