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Pope Leo XIV walks next to Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo upon his arrival at Malabo International Airport, Equatorial Guinea, on April 21, 2026. Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters Abuja — For Mauro Rui Callado Cortêz, a Catholic lay teacher in Angola, the “unique opportunity»»»

For Mauro Rui Callado Cortêz, a Catholic lay teacher in Angola, the “unique opportunity” to see Pope Leo XIV in person was unmissable, even though serious illness should have confined him to bed. “My visual contact with the Holy Father was a unique moment; it transmitted such a great physical and s»»»