00:00And on Monday, Pope Leo XIV began his first apostolic journey, choosing Africa as its destination of the next 10
00:06days.
00:07The Pope will travel nearly 18,000 kilometers and visit 11 cities in four countries.
00:12The first stop was Algeria, where the Pope was received by the Algerian president, Abdelmarid Tebbun, with a welcome ceremony.
00:20From there, he will fly to Cameroon, then to Angola, and finally to Ecuador, Guinea.
00:23This trip, full of pastoral, social, and diplomatic symbolism, will serve to outline the priorities of the pontificate that will
00:29celebrate its first anniversary in May.
00:32The agenda of the trip is revealing.
00:34Pope Leo is expected to address the coexistence between Christians and Muslims, the over-exploitation of the continent's natural and
00:41human resources, corruption, inequalities, human rights, and migration.
00:45On this last point, there is a particular powerful gesture as the Pope will pay tribute to the migrants who
00:49have lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea.
00:53Pope Leo XIV
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