Thousands gather for Pope Leo's first mass in Angola

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LUANDA, Angola: Tens of thousands gathered outside Angola's capital, Luanda, for a giant open-air Sunday (Apr 19) mass led by Pope Leo XIV on the second day of his visit to the resource-rich country marked by deep poverty. Pope Leo flew to Portuguese-speaking Angola on Saturday to start the third leg of a four-nation African tour. He went immediately into a meeting with President Joao Lourenco and other officials, where he spoke out against oppression and the "suffering" caused by poverty and

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