Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola's leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people

Pope Leo XIV challenged Angola's leaders to break the "cycle of interests" that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries as he arrived in the southern African country on Saturday with a message of encouragement for its long-suffering people. Leo's arrival in Angola, the oil-and-mineral rich former Portuguese colony, marked the third leg of

Pope Leo XIV's visit to an African church linked to slavery reflects on his own complex heritage

The Church of Our Lady of Muxima was built by Portuguese colonizers in Angola at the end of the 16th century as part of a fortress complex and became a hub in the slave trade. It remains a reminder of the inextricable link hundreds of years ago between Catholicism and the exploitation of the African continent. Pope Leo XIV's planned visit to the church

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