Pope prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade
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Pope Leo XIV receives flowers he put under the statue of the Virgin Mary in the Church of Our lady of Muxima, on the seventh day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool Photo via AP)Pope Leo XIV prays inside the Church of Our lady of Muxima, on the seventh day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool Photo via AP)Pope Leo XIV arrives at the esplanade in front of the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Pope Leo XIV leads the Holy Rosary prayer in front of the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Faithful show images of Sister Lucia dos Santos and of Pope Leo XIV as he arrives at the esplanade in front of the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Leo XIV receives flowers he put under the statue of the Virgin Mary in the Church of Our lady of Muxima, on the seventh day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool Photo via AP)
