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POPE LEO XIV IN AFRICA

Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea
April 13-23

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‘Son of Augustine’: Pope Leo XIV retraces St. Augustine’s steps in Algeria

by Courtney Mares

ANNABA, Algeria (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV offered Mass April 14 at the basilica built near the site where St. Augustine died nearly 1,600 years ago, making a …

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Need a guide for deeper prayer? Pope Leo recommends a letter by St. Augustine

U.S. Church

Cardinal McElroy asks people to pray, advocate for end to ‘immoral war’ with Iran

by Mark Zimmermann

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy decried the U.S. war with Iran as “an immoral war,” during a vigil Mass for peace April 11 at his Washington cathedral.

Minnesota butter sculptor brings skills to NCEA convention, enshrines pope in the dairy staple

Archbishop Gudziak: Late iconographer tried ‘to show God to others’

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World

Pope Leo praises witness of Algeria’s Christian martyrs at meeting with local Catholics

by Courtney Mares

ALGIERS (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria’s Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country’s tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died …

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Nuncio to Lebanon says war ‘is not the right path,’ calls for ceasefire

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Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s reflection at the Prayer Vigil for Peace April 11, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

Odds on Peter: Trump vs the Pope

by Elizabeth Scalia

A mercy that transcends our disappointments

by Ely Segura

Some thoughts on washing feet

by Effie Caldarola

Reviews

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