US EditionPope Leo to Visit Angola as Part of an Africa Tour, Vatican Envoy Says
Pope Leo accepted Angola's invitation for a 2026 Africa tour stop, marking a potential first overseas trip that year, Vatican sources said.
- Tuesday, Archbishop Kryspin Dubiel told journalists in Luanda `The Holy Father has accepted the invitation & we are currently in the process of preparing the plan and programme` for an Angola visit.
- Earlier this month Leo said he hopes to visit Algeria this year as part of an African trip, and in December he said he wished to visit Africa but did not name Angola.
- So far Leo has made only one overseas trip, visiting Turkey and Lebanon in November and December, while Pope Benedict XVI last visited Angola in 2009.
- The Vatican press office did not immediately respond, and officials say itinerary details will be communicated soon as they prepare the plan and programme.
- Angola is 44 percent Catholic and 35 percent Protestant, and Leo is also expected to visit Spain and the Canary Islands, a major migrant entry point.
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Pope Leo's Africa trip includes stop-off in Angola
LUANDA — Pope Leo XIV plans to make a trip to Africa soon, including to Angola, a Vatican representative announced on Tuesday in the Angolan capital, Luanda. The US-born leader of the world’s Catholics, who was elected last May, has said he hopes to go to Algeria this year as part of a trip to the continent. It would be the first papal visit to Africa since Leo’s predecessor, Francis, traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan …
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Angola Among African Countries Pope Leo XIV to Visit; Dates Being Finalized
Vatican Media/Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda Angola is one of the African countries Pope Leo XIV plans to visit in what will be his first pastoral trip to the continent as Pontiff. Archbishop Imbamba thanked Pope Leo XIV for accepting the invitation to visit Angola.
Advertisement was made this Wednesday by Kryspin Dubiel. Pontifical accepted an invitation from João Lourenço and the Angolan bishop, but program and date are not yet closed.
Pope Leo to visit Angola as part of an Africa tour, Vatican envoy says
Pope Leo plans to visit Angola as part of a multi-nation trip across Africa, the Vatican's ambassador to the country announced on Tuesday, in what could be the pontiff's first overseas trip in 2026.
Pope Leo XIV plans to visit Angola as part of a multinational apostolic journey across Africa, Archbishop Kryspin Dubiel, Apostolic Nuncio in Luanda, announced on Tuesday, January 13. This would be the Holy Father's first foreign trip in 2026. Archbishop Dubiel told reporters during a briefing in Luanda that Leo XIV accepted President João Lourenço's invitation to visit the country, but the article "Leo XIV plans a visit to Angola" comes from th…
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