Pope Leo’s Mass to attract more than half a million for biggest event of historic African tour

NewsWorldAfricaPope Leo’s Mass to attract more than half a million for biggest event of historic African tourPope Leo XIV is marking the halfway point in his four-nation tour of AfricaNicole Winfield Friday 17 April 2026 09:06 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"CF1:2959555To1","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/pope-leo-cameroon-mass-africa-visit-b2959594.html","title":"More than 500,000 expected for biggest event of Pope Leo’s Africa tour"}}CloseFighters call truce as Pope Leo arrives in war-torn nationOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Africa","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}Pope Leo XIV approached the halfway mark of his four-nation African tour on Friday, dedicating hi...