"Peace be with all of you!" - the first words of Pope Leo XIV. The…
April 20, 2026 | Crux
Pope Leo XIV heads to Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade
By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
LUANDA, Angola — Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for Angolans to fight the “scourge of corruption” with a culture of justice as he opened a poignant day in his African odyssey that will take the American pope to an epicenter of the African slave trade.