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Pope Leo has arrived in Angola, landing in Luanda International Airport just before 3pm local time, after having spent four days in Cameroon. He will spend the next three days in the Angola, before then travelling to his fourth and final destination of the journey: Equitorial Guinea. At Luanda International Airport, the Pope was welcomed by the President, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, along with two children who offered him flowers. The first public event of his visit to Angola, a Catholic majority country, saw Pope Leo XIV meet with the country’s authorities, representatives of civil society, and members of the diplomatic corps at the Presidential Palace in Luanda on Saturday afternoon. Addressing President João Lourenço and those gathered, in the country's official language of Portuguese, the Pope began by expressing his gratitude for the invitation and emphasised, "I come to you to meet your people, as a pilgrim seeking the signs of God’s passage in this land loved by Hi...