Africa

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV arrived April 21 in Equatorial Guinea, the fourth and final country of his 11-day apostolic journey in Africa, where the pope …

SAURIMO, Angola (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to the heart of Angola’s diamond country April 20, urging the tens of thousands gathered at the papal Mass in the …

Jesus, the pope told nursing home residents, “dwells among you whenever you try to love one another and help one another as brothers and sisters.”

Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics in Angola on Sunday, urging them to find renewed hope in the Eucharist and the Risen Christ.

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has warned that the rise of artificial intelligence threatens to change humanity’s relationship with truth, calling on Catholic universities to help form …

DOUALA, Cameroon (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for more than 120,000 people in Cameroon’s largest city on April 17, urging “beloved children of the African continent” to share …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV brought joy to 64 orphaned and abandoned children on the evening of April 15 when he visited the Ngul Zamba orphanage in …

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon on April 15, delivering a forceful appeal for peace to a nation scarred by years of separatist violence, telling …

ANNABA, Algeria (CNS) — In a country marred by hardship, deep faith and hard-won independence, Pope Leo XIV pointed to Algeria as a living witness to what he called the …

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO YAOUNDE, Cameroon (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV spoke to journalists aboard the papal plane on April 15 on the five-hour flight from Algeria to …