Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, April 23, 2026 (AFP) - Pope Leo ends Africa visit with open-air mass in Equatorial Guinea

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2026-04-23

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday held an open-air mass in Equatorial Guinea in front of tens of thousands of followers, wrapping up his first major international tour that began with harsh criticism of his stance on Iran from US President Donald Trump. The leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics has been in the closed-off central African nation since Tuesday, where he took aim at the suppression of civic freedoms and called for prisoners to be better......

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