Pope Leo's 2026 Trips Abroad

March 28: Monaco

April 13-23: Africa (Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea)

June 6-12: Spain

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo will make three trips abroad in 2026, proclaiming God's love and presence and highlighting significant themes of his pontificate: peace, interreligious dialogue, care for our immigrant brothers and sisters, and a courageous proclamation of faith in a time of growing secularization.

Through these three trips, the Bishop of Rome will have the opportunity to encounter a wide variety of countries and situations, from a Muslim nation like Algeria where Christians are a small minority and a seed of brotherhood, to Christian-majority countries located in the heart of the African continent, with their socio-economic and political problems and their joyful witness of faith. It will be an added honor and joy for the first Augustinian Pope to visit Algeria, the land of Augustine's birth (Thagaste, modern-day Souk Ahras) and of his ministry as Bishop (Hippo, modern-day Annaba).

He will make a brief visit to the world's second-smallest country after the Vatican City, Monaco, located on the French Riviera, and then travel to a major European country, Spain, whose identity was shaped by the Christian faith but is suffering from secularization. He will conclude his journey in the Canary Islands, one of the main migration routes from Africa to Europe, with tens of thousands of arrivals each year.