Pope Leo XIV Begins Historic African Tour Amid Global Tensions
Pope Leo XIV departs Rome on Monday for an 11-day, 18,000-kilometre tour of Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. The trip marks the American-born pontiff’s first major foreign mission since his election in May 2025 and comes at a moment of acute global instability. Over the course of the four-nation visit, the 70-year-old head of…