A recent Vatican document on marriage revives troubling assumptions about Africa and polygamy. Sr. Leonida Katunge asks: Why ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday doubled down on the value of monogamous marriage between a man and woman, responding to concerns raised by African bishops about the practice of polygamy in ...

NEW YORK, March 23 (UPI) -- A fatal New York row house fire revealed cases of polygamy among African immigrants in the city. Investigations after the fire, which claimed the lives of a woman and nine ...

A man with his wife and two of his brides walk, during mass Easter weddings for 3,000 people, some polygamous, at the International Pentecost Holiness Church in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg, South ...

Kanayo O. Kanayo stirred debate on polygamy and African culture, suggesting men often choose monogamy due to societal pressure rather than personal preference.

Polygamy is banned throughout much of the world, and the United Nations Human Rights Committee has said that polygamy violates the dignity of women. Polygamy is banned throughout much of the world, ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Pentecostal church in South Africa celebrated Easter Sunday with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with many of them entering into polygamous marriages. The ...

FILE -Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez delivers his speech during a mass on the sixth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 1, 2025. (AP ...