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Pope Leo XIV has launched an extensive African tour that represents his most significant international journey of the year, traveling across four countries over an 11-day period.<\/p>

The comprehensive papal visit will take the pontiff to 11 different cities and towns throughout the African continent.<\/p>

This collection of photographs has been assembled by Associated Press photo editors to document the historic journey.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pope Leo XIV has begun an ambitious 11-day journey across Africa, marking his most significant international travel this year. The papal visit spans four different countries and includes stops in 11 cities and towns throughout the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":52690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[835],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religious"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776290800572.jpg?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-dHR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27041,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/pope-leo-xiv-plans-extensive-african-tour-as-part-of-ambitious-2026-travel-schedule\/","url_meta":{"origin":52691,"position":0},"title":"Pope Leo XIV Plans Extensive African Tour as Part of Ambitious 2026 Travel Schedule","author":"Admin","date":"February 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Vatican has revealed Pope Leo XIV's ambitious travel itinerary for early 2026, including visits to four African nations and several European countries. 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