Leo to Become First Pope to Visit Muslim Algeria
Sat 11 Apr 2026, 11:10:22
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.
No other pontiff has visited Algeria, a North African country where Islam is the state religion, and the 70-year-old's
arrival is being eagerly awaited by the Catholic minority.
arrival is being eagerly awaited by the Catholic minority.
The visit also holds a strong personal dimension for Pope Leo, as modern-day Algeria was home to Saint Augustine (354-430), a great Christian theologian whose spiritual legacy permeates his pontificate.
As the world watches anxiously with war raging in the Middle East, peaceful coexistence will be at the heart of the pope's message in a country where 99 percent of its 47 million inhabitants are Muslim.
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