Pope Leo XIV will hold a giant open-air mass and visit one of southern Africa's holiest Christian sites Sunday on the first full day of a visit to Angola.
Leo arrived in the Portuguese-speaking nation on Saturday for the third leg of a four-nation tour of the continent.
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