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The Eucharist can ‘rekindle lost hope,’ Pope Leo says at Sunday Mass in Angola

The Eucharist can ‘rekindle lost hope,’ Pope Leo says at Sunday Mass in Angola

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics in Angola on Sunday, urging them to find renewed hope in the Eucharist and the Risen Christ. The post The Eucharist can ‘rekindle lost hope,’ Pope Leo says at Sunday Mass in Angola first appeared on OSV News.

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