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VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV begins an 11-day tour of Africa on Monday, his first major international trip since becoming pontiff and the first ever by a leader of the world’s Catholics to the Muslim country of Algeria. Leo is due to depart Rome Monday morning on the papal plane for the Algerian capital of Algiers, a trip aimed at continuing to “build bridges between the Christian and Muslim worlds,” the Archbishop of Algiers Jean-Paul Vesco told AFP. Before meeting with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and addressing authorities and diplomats, the pope will pay tribute to the victims of Algeria’s […]... Keep on reading: Pope Leo XIV heads to Algeria, first stop of African tour
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