Pope Leo XIV on Monday visited the town of Saurimo in northeastern Angola, where he cautioned locals against traditional superstitious practices and condemned the various forms of violence, inequality and oppression that plague the nation. --- SAURIMO – Pope Leo XIV [...]

After praying at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Saurimo, Leo proceeded to the site of the Mass, attended by an estimated 60,000 people. --- SAURIMO, Angola — Pope Leo XIV warned at Mass in Saurimo, Angola, on [...]

cna --- Patrick Leonard/EWTN News Pope Leo XIV visits a nursing home in Saurimo, Angola, on April 20, 2026. Saurimo, a city in northeastern Angola, is known as the center of diamond mining in the [...]

Pope Leo XIV urged students in Cameroon to resist emigration, calling on the youth to apply their skills ‘to the benefit’ of their ‘fellow citizens,’ rather than seeking prosperity abroad. --- Pope Leo XIV urged students in Cameroon to resist emigration, [...]

Aboard the papal flight to Algeria, Leo said he is not a politician and will continue to preach the Gospel’s call for peace and multilateral dialogue. Pope Leo XIV speaks to reporters aboard the papal plane to Algeria on [...]

Archbishop of Philadelphia Nelson Pérez said Pope Leo XIV is a "gift for Catholics" on Monday after President Trump attacked the Villanova grad. --- Archbishop of Philadelphia Nelson Pérez said Pope Leo XIV is a "gift for Catholics" on Monday after [...]

Aboard the papal flight to Algeria, Leo said he is not a politician and will continue to preach the Gospel’s call for peace and multilateral dialogue. --- Aboard the papal flight to Algeria, Leo said he is not a politician and [...]

The 10-day Africa trip will take the pope to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea --- Pope Leo XIV departed Monday for Algeria, the first stop on a 10-day trip to Africa that marks the third international journey of his pontificate. The [...]

President Donald Trump delivered an extraordinary broadside against Pope Leo XIV on Sunday night, saying he didn't think the U.S.-born global leader of the Catholic Church is "doing a very good job." --- WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered an extraordinary [...]

WASHINGTON – Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a brief response to a social media post by President Trump on Sunday evening.  “I am disheartened that the President chose to write such disparaging [...]