After praying at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Saurimo, Leo proceeded to the site

Saurimo, a city in northeastern Angola, is known as the center of diamond mining in the country.SAURIMO, Angola

A look in photos at Pope Leo XIV’s seventh day of his apostolic visit to Africa. Pope Leo

The Holy Father continues his Papal Trip in Africa, to spend several days in Angola before finishing his

At an open-air Mass, the pontiff urged solidarity, civic responsibility, and special care for the poor.YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon —

The Holy Father continues his third day in Cameroon before traveling to Angola on April 18. Pope Leo

The pope celebrated Mass in French in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, during the second leg of

The Holy Father will ultimately spend several days in Cameroon before heading on to Angola and then Equatorial

At a peace gathering in Bamenda’s Cathedral, the pope praised interreligious solidarity and urged a “true conversion” away

“Wherever there is misery, suffering, or injustice, God is present,” the pope said in a meeting with orphaned

The Holy Father spent several days touring Algeria and meeting with Catholics and religious leaders before heading south

Reflecting on the visit to Algeria, the pope described it as “a wonderful opportunity to continue building bridges

The second stop on Leo’s Africa trip is Cameroon, a country marked by conflict, yet whose civil society

After concluding the first leg of his African apostolic journey in Algeria, Pope Leo XIV travels on Wednesday

The pope shared lunch with the local Augustinian community after visiting Hippo’s ruins and a home run by

In a letter to the Pontifical Biblical Commission, which is meeting this week, Pope Leo XIV drew attention

The pontiff discussed the legitimate exercise of authority in a message to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.VATICAN

At the Basilica of St. Augustine, the pontiff urged Christians to bear witness through “simple gestures, genuine relationships

The Holy Father is scheduled to visit four African countries throughout mid-April. Pope Leo XIV toured several major

In Algeria, the pope visited the archaeological site of the city where St. Augustine served as bishop. ANNABA,

The pontiff stopped at a care home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor during his second

In a letter to the College of Cardinals, the pope said the exhortation remains “a significant point of

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development explained that the pope chose this title to emphasize the duty

The pontiff called for a world order that does not exclude the vulnerable and urged leaders to serve