Pope Leo XIV spoke about the importance of forgiveness during a visit to the Maqam Echahid Martyrs’ Monument in Algiers, Algeria, on the first day of his apostolic journey to four African countries. In the first speech of his trip, he said, “the future belongs to men and women of peace. This peace “is possible only through forgiveness,” he said. “True struggle for liberation will be definitively won only when peace in our hearts has finally been achieved. However, as conflicts continue to multiply throughout the world, we cannot add resentment upon resentment, generation after generation.”

Source: The North Africa Journal April 13, 2026 01:57 UTC