*Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, a 76-year-old Ghanaian prelate, is widely regarded as a leading candidate to succeed Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, 2025. If elected, Turkson would ...

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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Four main contenders have emerged in the race for the next pope, according to one leading betting site. The papal ...

Ghanaian cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson attends the signature of the "Global Freedom Network" agreement on March 17, 2014 at the Vatican. Turkson spoke about "dignified work" at the Fortune TIME ...

Ghana’s President-Elect John Dramani Mahama, waves after taking the oath of office at his inauguration, at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, Jan. 7, 2025. (Credit: Misper Apawu/AP.) Listen ...

SAN MARCOS, Calif. — Cardinals from across the globe gathered behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel today, beginning the secretive process to elect a successor to Pope Francis in what experts ...

Since the first Earth Day in 1970 and the birth of the modern environment movement, nearly every pope has turned attention toward matters of ecology — whether pollution, biodiversity loss, ...