Reno Omokri, a Nigerian author and social commentator, has questioned why a non-Caucasian Cardinal has never been elected Catholic Church Pope for the past one thousand years.According to Omokri ...

Gelasius I is widely recognised as the first pope to officially be called the "Vicar of Christ", a term that signifies the Pope's role as Christ's representative on Earth.

Pope Gelasius I, who led the Catholic church from 492 CE to 496 CE, is said to be from Africa. According to records seen in Encyclopedia Britannica, Pope Gelasius I Rome of African descent, died ...

(The last pope born in Africa was Pope Gelasius I, who died in 496.) And though Pope Francis was indeed the first pope from Latin America, as the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina, he came ...

There were three African popes in early church history; before Gelasius was Pope Victor I from 189-199 A.D., and Pope Miltiades from 311 to 314 A.D.

History shows three popes of African descent: Pope Victor I, Pope Miltiades, and Pope Gelasius I. More from CBS News. Patient attack at North Texas hospital sparks calls for better staff protections.

Liberals may well think that a good thing – it is more than 1,500 years since the last African-heritage pope, Gelasius I. However, the most likely candidates could well put progressive noses out ...

The three popes were Pope Gelasius I (492–496), Pope Miltiades (311–314), and Pope Victor I (189–199). The Global South, particularly Africa and Latin America, the third-largest church ...

Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, but, make no mistake, the pope is Creole. ... Indeed, the last pope with origins in Africa was Pope Gelasius I, who reigned from 492 to 496 A.D.