Pope Leo XIV heads to Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade

April 19, 2026

LUANDA, Angola (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for Angolans to fight the “scourge of corruption” with a culture of justice as he opened a poignant day in his African odyssey that will take the American pope to an epicenter of the African slave trade.

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