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See what missionaries say Pope Leo's Africa trip was (really) all about
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (1705+ words) (OSV News) " As Pope Leo XIV pushed back against what he has described as an inaccurate narrative surrounding his first trip to Africa, missionaries working across the continent say the journey reflects something far more fundamental than political debate. "There…...
The Eucharist can 'rekindle lost hope,' Pope Leo says at Sunday Mass in Angola
1+ week, 3+ day ago (883+ words) By Courtney Mares, OSV News KILAMBA, Angola (OSV News) " Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100, 000 Catholics in Angola on Sunday, April 19, urging the faithful of a nation still bearing the scars of a decades-long civil war…...
Pope's journey to Africa is chance to rediscover the Church's African roots, say historians
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1136+ words) (OSV News) " As Pope Leo XIV makes his first apostolic journey to Africa April 13-23, some scholars of the Church's past are hoping he won't just make history " but that he'll also help the wider Church recover that history. The pope…...