Pope Leo XIV has travelled to the Italian island of Lampedusa, one of Europe’s principal gateways for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, where he made an impassioned appeal for European governments to do more to protect and integrate those fleeing conflict and poverty. The pontiff’s visit to the small island, which lies closer to the […]
Pope Leo XIV’s eleven-day Africa tour drew hundreds of thousands across four nations, delivering messages of faith, peace, and sharp political critique on corruption and conflict.
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Pope Leo XIV used the first day of his visit to Angola on Saturday, April 18, 2026, to deliver one of the sharpest critiques of foreign exploitation of Africa ever spoken from the Vatican, denouncing the “logic of extractivism” that has left the continent rich in resources yet poor in development for its own people.
