{"id":58462,"date":"2026-04-13T10:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58462"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:51:06","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-arrives-in-algeria-for-historic-official-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58462","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV Arrives in Algeria for Historic Official Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV has commenced an official visit to Algeria today, Monday, following a formal invitation extended by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in what marks the first stop of his African tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:10<\/strong> \u2014 Pope Leo XIV touched down at Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algiers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:15<\/strong> \u2014 President Tebboune personally welcomed the Pope upon arrival at the airport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:26<\/strong> \u2014 The Vatican leader was greeted with full state honors, including a 21-gun salute, the playing of both national anthems, and a ceremonial parade by units of the National People&#8217;s Army. Pope Leo XIV shook hands with senior state officials, while President Tebboune greeted the papal delegation.<\/p>\n<p>The historic visit underscores Algeria&#8217;s stature as a key player in interfaith dialogue and its growing diplomatic influence on the African continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV has commenced an official visit to Algeria today, Monday, following a formal invitation extended by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in what marks the first stop of his African tour. 10:10 \u2014 Pope Leo XIV touched down at Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algiers. 10:15 \u2014 President Tebboune personally welcomed the Pope upon arrival &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}