Vatican City, April 11, 2026 (AFP) - Leo to become first pope to visit Muslim Algeria

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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 religi......

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