Pope Leo XIV celebrated the final Mass of his Africa trip April 23, urging the church in Equatorial Guinea to continue proclaiming the Gospel “with passion” and to bear witness through lives shaped by faith, service and solidarity.
Pope Leo XIV April 21 warned against invoking God to justify oppression and violence, telling civil authorities and diplomats in Equatorial Guinea that “his holy name must not be profaned by the will to dominate, by arrogance, or by discrimination; above all, it must never be invoked to justify choices and actions of death.”
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in Angola April 19 in Kilamba, a fast-growing city about 20 miles from the capital, Luanda, telling the faithful that Angola must “look to the future with hope” and “build the hope of the future.”
Despite bad weather, at least 20,000 people gathered on the runways of Bamenda International Airport April 16 to take part in the Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV, concluding the second day of the pontiff’s visit to Cameroon.
