Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria April 13 and delivered his first address in the country at the Maqam Echahid Martyrs’ Monument, where he urged forgiveness and said that “the future belongs to men and women of peace.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday on a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace and the end of “neocolonial tendencies” in world affairs, while facing an extraordinary broadside by President Donald Trump over his criticism of the U.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday on the first-ever papal visit and called for peace in all nations to prevail, in a trip overshadowed by the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran and an extraordinary broadside against Leo by President Donald Trump.

Pope Leo XIV kicked off his first papal trip to Africa in Algeria April 13, spending two days there before visiting Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.

ALGIERS (OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria’s Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country’s tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their faith remains “a living seed that never ceases to bear fruit.”

Reports indicate a suicide bomber caused an explosion in Blida, a city in Algeria, killing two police officers and wounding multiple citizens

Some theologians say the pontiff’s understanding of Augustine’s teachings helped inform his response to President Trump’s negative comments about him. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Algeria has been ...

As tensions in the Strait of Hormuz disrupt global liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments, Algeria is strengthening its position as a reliable gas supplier for Europe, offering pipeline exports that bypass vulnerable sea routes.