Algeria in Podcasts
placeCountry in North Africa, with capital Algiers, participating in the World Cup.
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He have been able to go beyond the capital cities. But also if you look at the beginning of the visit, that he went to Algeria as the first pontiff to go there. His predecessors never went there and he has gone there. Why did he go there? Because I think there's only a very, very tiny minority of Catholics in Algeria, aren't there? He does not mind about the numbers and he goes there actually to encourage that small number that they are a part of the Catholic Church.
Pope Leo has arrived in Algeria on an 11-day tour in Africa.
Pope Leo's visit to Algeria kicks off a 10-day tour of Africa, one of the fastest growing regions for the church and home to a fifth of the world's Catholics. Our global religion correspondent Lebu Di Seco told me more about the row that's threatening to overshadow his visit.
Pope Leo has arrived in Algeria for the start of a 10-day trip to Africa.
This will be the first papal visit to Algeria since independence in 1962. The theme of the three-day visit is the Muslim greeting, Assalamu alaikum, peace be upon you, to demonstrate the Vatican's message of unity. And that's what Marwa Melki, a resident of Algiers, is hoping for.
Argentina, home of superstar Lionel Messi, will play Algeria to open it.
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