Pope prioritises world's fastest-growing Catholic region in major Africa tour

Leo XIV wants the world's attention on a continent vital to the Church's future, an aide says.

Pope Leo XIV embarks on an 11-day tour of Africa, emphasizing themes of peace, migration, and interfaith dialogue, highlighting the continent's growing significance to the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV begins a significant tour of Africa, focusing on peace, migration, and interfaith dialogue, reflecting the continent's increasing importance to Catholicism.

Pope Leo XIV embarks on an 11-day tour of Africa, emphasizing themes of peace, migration, and interfaith dialogue, highlighting the continent's growing significance to the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV is heading to Africa, the continent where the Catholic Church is growing the fastest, beginning his tour in Algeria and continuing to Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea over 11 days.

Pope Leo XIV will visit four countries across Africa from April 13th-23rd, the Vatican announced, with the pontiff making his first major overseas trip in 2026 to the continent where the Catholic Church is growing fastest.

Pope Leo XIV embarks on the first-ever papal trip to Algeria, aiming to promote Christian-Muslim coexistence and honor the locally born inspiration of his religious spirituality, St. Augustine.

Pope Leo XIV starts a four-nation visit to Africa, visiting the fastest-growing continent for the Catholic Church as he embarks on his fourth foreign trip since becoming pontiff in 2025.

Pope Leo XIV begins an 11-day tour of Africa, advocating for peace and denouncing 'neocolonial tendencies' amid tensions surrounding the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. His visit to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea underscores the Catholic Church's growing presence in Africa and aims to promote interfaith harmony, particularly Christian-Muslim coexistence.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday at the start of an 11-day tour of four African countries. The visit also includes stops in Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. The pontiff is the first-ever leader of the world's Catholics to visit the Muslim-majority country of Algeria, where he aims to help 'build bridges between the Christian and Muslim worlds,' the Archbishop of Algiers Jean-Paul Vesco told AFP.