Africa trip marks turning point as Pope Leo XIV adopts a more assertive global voice
TL;DR
Pope Leo XIV, returning from an 11-day Africa tour, shed his previously cautious persona and spoke more forcefully against war in the Middle East while addressing criticisms from Donald Trump, signaling a more assertive, global-facing papacy as he met peace advocates and discussed anew how the Vatican engages world leaders.
- On Africa trip, the ‘quiet pope’ adopts a confident global voice The Washington Post
- Many African Catholics have greeted Leo’s first visit with joy. Others fear he’s lent legitimacy to strongman leaders CNN
- Pope urges Angola to heal divisions at events drawing 130,000 Reuters
- Christ is not ‘a guru or a good luck charm,’ pope says at Mass in Angola EWTN News
- Pope Leo's trip targets major obstacle to Catholicism's spread in Africa: Sorcery National Catholic Reporter
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