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Category: 2026 Papal Trip to Africa | Crux

2026 Papal Trip to Africa

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Pope Leo XIV, with the Archbishop of Bamenda, Andrew Nkea Fuanya, left, frees a white dove at the end of a meeting for peace at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, with the local community Thursday, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Premium article: Cameroon bishop says Pope Leo’s visit could be a turning point for war-ravaged country

Apr 25
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV on the papal plane from Equatorial Guinea to Rome on April 23, 2026. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux Now.)

On way back to Rome, Pope Leo condemns state executions in Iran

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate the Holy mass at the Malabo stadium, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Thursday, April 23, 2026, on the last day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Misper Apawu/AP.)

Pope wraps up an Africa visit for the history books with a Mass in Equatorial Guinea

Apr 23
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope’s last day in Equatorial Guinea a tale of tensions

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on the 10th day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa, in Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Credit: Misper Apawu/AP.)

Pope calls for justice and closing income gap in Equatorial Guinea Mass with presidential family

Apr 22
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV's first public event in Equatorial Guinea on April 21, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope visits psychiatric hospital in Equatorial Guinea, urges love over stigma

Apr 21
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, right, upon his arrival at Malabo International Airport in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, on the ninth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope lands in Equatorial Guinea decrying ‘economy that kills’

Apr 21
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the esplanade in front of the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Credit: Themba Hadebe/AP.)

Pope Leo in Africa remembers Francis’s legacy of mercy

Apr 21
Elise Ann Allen

People touch a banner bearing an image of Pope Leo XIV in Luanda, Angola, Monday, April 20, 2026. (Credit: Themba Hadebe/AP.)

Did Pope Leo find his voice in Africa? Or did the world finally hear him?

Apr 21
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV listens to a girl as he arrives at the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima in Luanda, Angola, for a meeting with bishops, priests, consecrated men and women, and pastoral workers Monday, April 20, 2026, on the eighth day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope’s visit to Equatorial Guinea is a diplomatic challenge as he closes his Africa trip

Apr 21
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

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Pope Leo XIV visits the Grand Mosque in Algiers

Pope Leo XIV visits the Grand Mosque in Algiers

Meeting with authorities and the diplomatic corps.

Mass in the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba (April 14)

People greet Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, on the third day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV in Africa

Pope Leo XIV in Africa

Pope Leo XIV in Africa

The Pontifical Swiss Guard’s newest recruits join the world’s oldest standing army, in photos

May 7
Andrew Medichini

Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome

May 7
Bassem Mroue

Pope will inaugurate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia tower and meet with migrants in June trip to Spain

May 7
Nicole Winfield,
Suman Naishadham, Renata Brito

Premium article: Rubio walks diplomatic tightrope as Trump attacks Pope Leo

May 6
Charles Collins