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
Pope Leo XIV on Friday warned that the AI boom could fuel "conflict, fear and violence" while on a trip to Cameroon marked by his ongoing spat with US President Donald Trump. While Leo has called for caution on artificial intelligence several times since his election in May 2025, his latest warning comes as Trump faces a backlash over a now-deleted
Pope Leo XIV will give a giant mass on Friday in Cameroon's economic capital, Douala, the biggest event of a visit marked by his calls for peace and spat with US President Donald Trump. More than a million people are expected to attend the mass in Douala, one of central Africa's largest ports, where the Cameroonian authorities bloodily repressed protests
Pope Leo XIV blasted the "handful of tyrants" who are ravaging Earth with war and exploitation, as he preached a message of peace Thursday in the epicenter of a separatist conflict considered one of the world's most neglected crises. Leo traveled to the western Cameroon city of Bamenda, where jubilant crowds clogged the roads, blowing horns and dancing
There is an odd sense of isolation when you are covering Pope Leo XIV from inside the Vatican's traveling press pool: Escorted from venue to venue with police motorcades that clear even the most congested of traffic jams, it's a membership that has many privileges. But during Leo's epic four-nation trip to Africa, being inside the Vatican "bubble"
Pope Leo XIV is heading to the central African nation of Cameroon with a message of peace for its separatist region and for talks with President Paul Biya, the 93-year-old leader whose grip on power was extended for an eighth term in a widely disputed election last year. The Vatican says fighting corruption in the mineral-rich country and insisting