© Vatican news ​Pope Leo XIV began his historic apostolic journey to Africa on Monday, April 13, 2026, with a high-profile arrival in Algiers. Stepping off the papal plane, he was warmly received by the President of Algeria and the Apostolic Nuncio, signaling the start of an 11-day tour spanning Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. His first official act was a visit to the Monument of Martyrs, a site inaugurated in 1982 to honor Algerian independence. At the Djamaa el Djazair Con...