Pope Leo calls for peaceful relations between Christians and Muslims

A few weeks before his visit to the majority-Muslim nation of Algeria, Pope Leo XIV met at the Vatican with a Christian-Muslim group from Africa.

Members of the Program for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA), headquartered in Kenya, met with the pontiff in the Audience Hall on March 25, 2026.

Leo arrives in Algeria on April 13, leaving on April 15, the first leg of an 11-day visit to the African continent.

The North African country is over 99 percent Muslim.