Pope Leo visits Algeria in sign of Africa’s growing importance to Catholic church
Pontiff makes first papal visit to country as he starts 11-day tour that will also include stops in Cameroon and AngolaPope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday for the first papal visit to the country, calling for peace on the opening stop of a tour of Africa that signals the continent’s growing importance to…
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Donald Trump has delivered an extraordinary broadside against Pope Leo XIV, saying the US-born leader of the Catholic church was ‘a very liberal person’ who did not believe in stopping crime.In response, the pope, who arrived in Algeria on Monday as part of an 11-day tour of Africa, told reporters on the papal flight that…
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Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday on a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace and the end of “neocolonial tendencies” in world affairs, while facing an extraordinary broadside by President Donald Trump over his criticism of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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Pope Leo XIV arrives at Algiers' Houari Boumédiène International Airport on Monday, April 13, 2026, at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)2026-04-13T04:23:58Z ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday on a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace and the end of “neocolonial tendencies” in…
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Algeria welcomed Pope Leo XIV on Monday, 13 April 2026, marking the first visit by a pontiff to the Muslim-majority country, with a focus on interfaith dialogue and peace.
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The pope will also visit Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea during his 11-day trip to the continent.
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Pope Leo XIV is embarking Monday on the first-ever papal trip to Algeria
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Pope Leo XIV attends the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Catholic Good Friday, Friday, April 3, 2026 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)2026-04-10T05:08:48Z Pope Leo XIV’s four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul…
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Pope Leo XIV is making a long and ambitious odyssey across four African countries — Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea
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