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The Holy Father will spend several days in Angola before finishing his trip in Equatorial Guinea.

The pontiff urged the country to reject exploitative models of development and place the common good above particular interests.

En route from Cameroon to Angola, the pope said his mission in Africa is pastoral and rejected suggestions that his recent remarks were aimed at President Donald Trump.

Memories of Algeria’s independence struggle stirred by pope’s visit, Catholic film on dating makes splash in Vietnam, Kenyan bishops make plea for marriage, and more in this week’s world news roundup.

As the pope’s brother, you have to take it “day by day because you never know, in a sense, what each day is going to bring,” John Prevost said.

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At an open-air Mass, the pontiff urged solidarity, civic responsibility, and special care for the poor.

Pope Leo XIV will visit Angola from April 18–21 as part of an 11-day African tour and will include stops in Luanda, Muxima, and Saurimo.

After the Vatican halted the sainthood cause of Father Walter Ciszek, a proponent of his cause said the suspension “does not diminish the enduring spiritual value” of Ciszek’s witness.

Special services for student with disabilities will resume in Chicago Catholic schools, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced.

The bishop of Savannah, Georgia, looks forward to “welcoming many visitors” this fall for the upcoming beatification of the 16th-century Jesuit missionaries known as the “Georgia Martyrs.”

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The Holy Father will stay in Cameroon one more night before traveling to Angola on April 18.

The ambassador said he seeks to focus on what unites Trump and Leo as bishops continue to call for peace.

The pope said the protection of the vulnerable “challenges the conscience of the Church and measures its ability to express authentic care.”

Vincent Ambrosetti had accused songwriter Bernadette Farrell and Oregon Catholic Press of copyright infringement against his 1980 hymn “Emmanuel.”

Leo also addressed artificial intelligence and invited the students to be pioneers of “a new humanism in the context of the digital revolution.”

St. John Paul II and Pope Leo XIV both studied at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

The military branch will commit to “individualized reviews” of service members and mandate religious accommodation training for leadership roles.

Ambassador Brian Burch described the situation in Nigeria as a “conflict between radical Islamic groups and Christians because of their faith.”

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Vice President JD Vance asked the Vatican to “stick to matters of morality” amid Pope Leo XIV’s Iran war concerns. Catholic theologians say war and other public policies are “matters of morality.”

The loss of an $11 million contract threatens care for unaccompanied minors, according to Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami.

Archbishop Anthony Randazzo announced the project weeks before departing for the Vatican, calling it “a commitment to the faithful of today and for future generations.”

The pope celebrated Mass in French in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, during the second leg of his trip in Africa.

The fire rendered one of the two retreat houses inoperable. Although the repair costs are not yet known, the severe damage requires the building to be rebuilt.

Father Greg Schlarb will accompany priests across the Diocese of Phoenix as part of a novel plan to ensure priests are healthy — spiritually, physically, and mentally.

“A decade into Xi Jinping’s Sinicization campaign and nearly eight years since the 2018 Holy See-China agreement, Catholics in China face escalating repression” researcher Yalkun Uluyol said.

Caracas Auxiliary Bishop-elect José Gómez reminded Venezuelans that they “possess the capacity, through the grace of God and with the solidarity of their brothers and sisters, to overcome” suffering.

Numbers of U.S. young men and women who frequently attend religious services have increased, Gallup data shows.

The president downplayed his public criticism of Leo while falsely claiming that the Holy Father said Iran “can have a nuclear weapon.”

The Holy Father will ultimately spend several days in Cameroon before heading on to Angola and then Equatorial Guinea during his first apostolic journey to Africa.

The exhibition by the Dicastery for Culture and Education features the work of contemporary artists in various fields, inspired by the life and spiritual legacy of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

The bomb threat was determined to be “unsubstantiated,” according to law enforcement.

The pope urged Cameroonians to reject resignation and obey God over “earthly ways of thinking.”

At a peace gathering in Bamenda’s Cathedral, the pope praised interreligious solidarity and urged a “true conversion” away from war.

A series of events will take place in 2027 marking the centenary of the birth of the late pope, honoring his legacy and his extensive contributions to the fields of philosophy and theology.

On the first day of his trip to Cameroon, the Holy Father appealed to authorities to invest in young people calling youth the nation's "greatest asset and a key to its future."

Nearly 50 lawmakers, including Rep. Greg Steube, R-Florida, are urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to make the change.

The Holy Father spent several days touring Algeria and meeting with Catholics and religious leaders before heading south to the Cameroonian capital of Yaoundé.

The exiled auxiliary bishop of Managua pointed out that the wounds suffered today will be a reminder of a painful past, but like the wounds of the risen Christ will be made glorious.

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in East Bristol has stood in the community for over 130 years.

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“Wherever there is misery, suffering, or injustice, God is present,” the pope said in a meeting with orphaned or abandoned children in Cameroon.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, have taken issue with the pope’s Gospel teaching on peace.

The second stop on Leo’s Africa trip is Cameroon, a country marked by conflict, yet whose civil society is ready to begin again.

Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly is asking Catholics to pray for the pope and the president, as President Trump again criticized Leo’s comments about the Iran war.

Reflecting on the visit to Algeria, the pope described it as “a wonderful opportunity to continue building bridges and promoting dialogue.”

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“The peace we experienced throughout the entire process of his illness and his death was no ordinary peace,” Virginia Pérez de Santana said. “I know it because we were enveloped by God.”