Pope Leo XIV's historic visit to Algeria aims for Christian-Muslim unity
AP News
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Pope Leo XIV is embarking Monday on the first-ever papal trip to Algeria.
He aims to promote Christian-Muslim coexistence at a time of global conflict.
He also will honor the locally born inspiration of his religious spirituality, St. Augustine.
Leo’s visit kicks off an 11-day tour of four African nations that also includes Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.
It will bring the U.S.-born pope into the growing heart of the Catholic Church on the continent.
Algeria has a tiny Catholic community of around 9,000 people made up mostly of foreigners that exists alongside the Sunni Muslim majority of about 47 million.
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