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Pope Leo XIV departed this morning (video) from Luanda, Angola’s capital and largest city, for Saurimo, a remote city of 400,000 in the eastern part of the nation.

“The victim sustained minor injuries and was assisted at the scene by emergency medical services,” according to the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe. “She did not require hospitalization.”

The suspect was later arrested.

“We join our prayers with his [the Pope’s] and earnestly implore all nations, leaders, and peoples to lay down their weapons, open their hearts, and embark on the difficult but necessary path of dialogue and peace,” the bishops of the war-torn nation said in their statement.