On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, the second day of his Apostolic Journey to Algeria, Pope Leo XIV presided over Holy Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba. In his homily, he said that "in the face of poverty and oppression, the guiding principle above all for Christians is charity: let us do to those around us, as we would have them do to us (cf. Matthew 7:12). Inspired by this law, inscribed in our hearts by God, the Church is continually reborn, for where there is despair she kindles hope, where there is misery she brings dignity, and where there is conflict she brings reconciliation."
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