Two men blew themselves up on Monday in downtown Blida, about 40 kilometers south of the Algerian capital, without causing any casualties other than themselves. Leo XIV had arrived just hours earlier in Algiers for the first visit by a pope to the country.

From April 13 to 23, Pope Léon XIV is set to visit Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. The trip symbolizes the shift in the center of gravity of the Catholic Church,…

On Monday, April 13, Leo XIV will become the first pontiff in history to visit Algeria, birthplace of the renowned Christian philosopher Saint Augustine. It was in Hippo, now…