May 23, 2025

WATCH: Might the next pope come from Africa?

  • By BBC News

As the world mourns the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church faces a critical moment in choosing its next spiritual leader, BBC News reports.

Three African cardinals from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Guinea are among the contenders for the papacy, so could the continent provide the first Black pope of modern times?

In this Oct. 5, 2019 file photo, Cardinal Fridolin Among Besungu, archbishop of Kinshasa, Congro, receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from the late Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Pope Francis named the archbishop to his core group of cardinal advisers. Photo credit: Andrew Medichini, The Associated Press
In this Oct. 5, 2019 file photo, Cardinal Fridolin Among Besungu, archbishop of Kinshasa, Congro, receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from the late Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Pope Francis named the archbishop to his core group of cardinal advisers. Photo credit: Andrew Medichini, The Associated Press

The Archbishop of Abuja Ignatius Kaigama spoke to the BBC about his hopes for the new leader.

WATCH: Could the next pope come from Africa?

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