Apostolic Journeys

The one thing to regret about Pope Leo’s June 7 Mass and Eucharistic procession, which attracted about 1.2 million celebrants, is that it occurred in Madrid, not Montreal.

When Pope Leo XIV lands in Spain June 6, he will be greeted by King Felipe VI in the Royal Palace — a traditional welcome for a head of state arriving in the country.

Ahead of the first anniversary of his election to the chair of St. Peter, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV is officially expected to visit France in late September, the French bishops' conference confirmed May 6.

The Vatican released the official schedule for Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic visit to Spain, a seven-day trip.

In the final leg of his apostolic journey to Africa, Pope Leo XIV struck a more measured tone, delivering a message to the faithful while navigating one of the continent’s most politically sensitive environments.

Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of Angolan Catholics in praying the rosary April 19 at southern Africa's most visited Catholic shrine, calling the pilgrimage site a place where "the heart of the Church" is "alive and beating.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for more than 120,000 people in Cameroon's largest city on April 17, urging "beloved children of the African continent" to share God's love by feeding the hungry and offering the spiritual nourishment of "the bread of life."

A religious sister in Cameroon who was kidnapped just a few months ago by separatists was among those who shared their testimony with Pope Leo XIV in a peace meeting in Cameroon's northwest city of Bamenda.

Pope Leo XIV brought joy to 64 orphaned and abandoned children on the evening of April 15 when he visited the Ngul Zamba orphanage in Cameroon.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon on April 15, delivering a forceful appeal for peace to a nation scarred by years of separatist violence.