{"id":39895,"date":"2026-04-12T23:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/12\/pope-leo-in-africa-pontiff-prioritises-worlds-fastest-growing-catholic-region-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T23:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:08:40","slug":"pope-leo-in-africa-pontiff-prioritises-worlds-fastest-growing-catholic-region-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/12\/pope-leo-in-africa-pontiff-prioritises-worlds-fastest-growing-catholic-region-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo in Africa: Pontiff prioritises world&#8217;s fastest-growing Catholic region &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9nWEZQdVc3VlA1QXhsdGtmVjhZRnN5eGdoaTI0WHBLb2RSN3VobG1mZjB0dTMwMXcybUJFQzQxbVVrVF9PZVlvSnJ3OFNXRWVubE53Tm1fVXY1Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pope Leo in Africa: Pontiff prioritises world&#8217;s fastest-growing Catholic region<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPVTVhVTRPRjFLOUFJNmRKamM4RVBEYmZjLWg1a3BNRWNmdFhqYkwwQVpmY0lkcW5IZTFtVjRRejFsVE1DTHdyeVJIcHVMbmhzZEpWTldSOTNkSEpyMFN1UHlBV1VUNFg3QXRldHQ5VEFyMmU4SDBhSWs2NXF2NzFsaWtTbzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">On Africa trip, Pope Leo will face debate over polygamy as Catholicism booms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQeHNlYmsxMk9wVktFelgyRkRKWHV1ZXZZV2RGUnhsUGFOOGhxWGdNNEJIM3o4bEo4MEZBRGVEVUxLdXc1ZDZNREN3VWExS1NwUjdyRzRzbHRqeTAtRHRLV1Q5NlhrU2pNTDJ3cjl0ZUxhQU5XSDBBZ3pFSE9xaHduV25BRUFMb0F4cTlISkZOTFVRLThnRU5NdnMyLW5NRHJEQ0RwVF9rWlZMX3Nq?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pope Leo XIV Visiting Algeria as a Messenger of Peace and as a Pilgrim to the Birthplace of his Spiritual Identity<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Vatican News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNMThNOEZCVUpuSllFbDU3WGt5YmpSbHRsOFVZT1RLVjNSckJjSi1pQlB6UGxJMUZtYTNJZXNkd1F5SGdZRFlYYzY4bUgzdEZZbnVBMENuMDRhTFp5S2I4T0hxczY0YUxva0FRMnNvYjhMQ0NBd1d4d01hTUVhdzdXZ1FNUGoyWHoxUS1ZM19JNDlhT0JMM3llMGZneFROUkUxNm4zb0RhdW9TbXJkaXJnblJNb1hqeDBR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pope Leo to begin 10-day Africa tour on mission to spotlight continent&#8217;s needs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOak9reWZDUV9ZdzF4dGdTZ3dZQVpDN1JPaEhoRDlZM0hNNE5QWG13cW9Qa3BuUkxscjVGMjJiMVhmLUN4WHU5OUgyTlVFdHliMlhUMS1ndTBpelJzSklhSm5CYmNTNjhjSHhpSTh2MDEzZ0ZzYmRpUkVXeUpkOWF0d29pR2Z6T3lQYWwtQVI0aE4xUy1QWFpPd2VTcC1pekVPcWY3TkJtRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s trip to Africa<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo in Africa: Pontiff prioritises world&#8217;s fastest-growing Catholic region&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC On Africa trip, Pope Leo will face debate over polygamy as Catholicism booms&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/12\/pope-leo-in-africa-pontiff-prioritises-worlds-fastest-growing-catholic-region-bbc\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}