Pope leaves for summer holiday after whirlwind start to 2026
6 Jul 2026, 08:25 GMT
By editorial@africanews.com
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Pope Leo XIV began a summer vacation on Sunday, capping a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026 in which he emerged as a powerful global statesman on issues from artificial intelligence to war and flexed decisive papal muscle to govern internal church problems.