(AFP) — Leo XIV will become the first pope to visit Algeria on Monday, taking a message of dialogue with Islam on a trip that also represents a personal pilgrimage for the American pontiff.
Algeria is the first stop on an 11-day tour of four African nations, covering 18,000 kilometres and also taking in Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea from April 13 to 23.
The trip has been hailed in the local press for its “symbolic and historical significance,” extending far beyond Algeria’s 9,000 Catholics.
For the government daily El Moudjahid, it is a symbol of “Algerian soft power”, that reflects the country’s “stability, its role as a regional…
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