Pope prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade
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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 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)Parishioners wait for Pope Leo XIV's arrival at the esplanade in front of the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)Pope Leo XIV arrives at the esplanade in front of the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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)