00:00Four African countries are preparing to welcome Pope Leo XIV, who is set to visit Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial
00:08Guinea.
00:08His 70-year-old Pope will travel more than 17,700 kilometers on 18 flights of 11 days starting Monday,
00:17delivering speeches and homilies in French, Spanish, Portuguese and English.
00:23To see His Holiness Pope Leo XIV arrive in Cameroon,
00:27for us who are Catholic Christians, it further strengthens our faith.
00:33It further strengthens our ties with our God.
00:38It is a perfect moment to touch each other's hearts.
00:44You see, Cameroon is a country that is dealing with the Anglophone crisis,
00:49and the arrival of the Pope will further reconcile both parties.
00:56The Equatorial Guinea, where nearly 75% of the population is Catholic,
01:01will welcome the Pope from April 21st to 23rd.
01:05The last Pope will visit there was in 1982.
01:10This event also marks for us a point of social responsibility,
01:15a point of responsibility,
01:17a spiritual responsibility,
01:20and we are preparing thoroughly to receive the Pope.
01:27In the Angolan capital of Rwanda,
01:29one church youth leader said,
01:31young people are anxious to see the Pope,
01:34as seeing him usually requires traveling abroad.
01:40I am the coordinator of the youth ministry,
01:42so young people are anxious to see the Pope,
01:45because we don't always get to see the Pope that easily,
01:48and we always have to go from here,
01:50from Angola to another country,
01:52to be able to see him.
01:53So we are anxious and hopeful that he is coming to Africa for us,
01:57so that way we can make it.
02:00The Pope's tour underscores Africa's growing importance
02:03to the future of the Catholic Church,
02:05even as the region faces social and political challenges.
02:10The Pope's tour underscores Africa's growing importance
02:11and the people of the Catholic Church,
02:11and the people of the Catholic Church,
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