Tag: Papal trip

Ahead of the first anniversary of his election to the chair of St Peter, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV is officially expected to visit France in late September, the French bishops' conference confirmed 6 May.

The Vatican on 6 May released the official schedule for Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic visit to Spain, a seven-day trip 6-12 June that will take the pontiff to Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands.

Pope Leo XIV wanted his journey to Africa to highlight the serious injustices continuing there and propose a message of peace to a world marred by conflict and violations of international law.

Pope Leo XIV has wrapped up his first trip to Africa, closing an 11-day, four-nation visit marked by urgent appeals for peace, justice and unity.

Pope Leo XIV told inmates at a correctional facility in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, 22 April that "no one is excluded from God's love" and "God never grows tired of forgiving."

Pope Leo XIV arrived 21 April in Equatorial Guinea, the fourth and final country of his 11-day apostolic journey in Africa, where the pope met the country's longtime ruler and urged the country's civil authorities to choose justice over power, quoting St Augustine's "City of God."

Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of Angolan Catholics in praying the rosary 19 April at southern Africa's most visited Catholic shrine, calling the pilgrimage site a place where "the heart of the church" is "alive and beating."

Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics in Angola on Sunday, 19 April, urging the faithful of a nation still bearing the scars of a decades-long civil war to find renewed hope in the Eucharist and the Risen Christ.

Pope Leo XIV will begin his first apostolic journey to Africa on 13 April, traveling more than 11,000 miles over 11 days across Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.

Pope Leo XIV will travel a total of more than 11,000 miles on 18 flights across four African countries in April on a 10-day trip that highlights peace efforts, the works of mercy, and the Catholic Church's vibrant presence on the continent.

Pope Leo XIV will travel to six countries over the next four months, including a 10-day tour of Africa and trips to Monaco and Spain, the Vatican announced 25 February.

The Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Leo XIV has no plans to visit the US this year.