# Pope Leo leaves for a visit to four countries in Africa over ten days on Monday to urge global leaders to address the needs of the continent where more than a fifth of the world’s Catholics live. This will be his first major overseas trip this year. The pontiff will travel nearly 18-thousand kilometres to visit eleven cities and towns in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. Vatican officials and African church leaders say the tour is a personal priority for the first American pope.
Pope Leo heads to Africa on four-country tour