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Primary purpose of a papal trip is pastoral, not political: Pope
Pope Leo XIV spoke bluntly about war, migration and same-sex blessings during a 20-minute in-flight press conference on his return home from Africa. Source: EWTN News.
Pope ends African tour with prison visit
On his last full day in Africa, Pope Leo XIV told inmates in one of Equatorial Guinea’s prisons that they are not alone, during a visit that drew attention to prison conditions, human rights abuses and injustices. Source: NCR Online.
Pope urges love over stigma in Equatorial Guinea
Pope Leo closed out his first day in Equatorial Guinea by visiting a psychiatric hospital in a culture where mental illness is often stigmatised, saying God loves each person as they are and seeks their healing. Source: Crux.
Christ hears the cry of the people, Pope tells Angolans
Pope Leo XIV has urged the tens of thousands gathered at the papal Mass in the heart of Angola’s diamond country to trust that “Christ hears the cry of the people” in the face of evil. Source: OSV News.
Pope tells Angolans to look to the future with hope
On his second day in Angola, Pope Leo urged the impoverished population not to give in to despair, but to build hope and make a social commitment to helping those in need. Source: Crux.
World being ravaged by handful of tyrants: Pope
Pope Leo XIV blasted the “handful of tyrants” who are ravaging Earth with war and exploitation, as he preached a message of peace yesterday in the epicentre of a separatist conflict considered one of the world’s most neglected crises. Source: Crux.
Pope calls for peace founded on love and justice
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon yesterday with a stinging message against war and corruption, saying peacemaking efforts must be based on the Christian concept of love of neighbour, including in diplomacy. Source: Crux.
‘Son of Augustine’ makes pilgrimage in the saint’s footsteps
Pope Leo XIV offered Mass yesterday at the basilica near the site where St Augustine died nearly 1600 years ago, making a deeply personal pilgrimage in the saint’s footsteps in Algeria. Source: OSV News.
Algeria’s Christian martyrs honoured on papal trip
Pope Leo XIV honoured the memory of Algeria’s Christian martyrs last night, telling the country’s tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their faith remains “a living seed that never ceases to bear fruit”. Source: OSV News.