STORY: :: Attacked again by Trump on social media, Pope Leo urges 'respect for all'
:: April 15, 2026
"It was a special blessing for me personally to return once again to Annaba yesterday, but also to offer to the church and the world a vision that St. Augustine offers us in terms of that search for God and the struggle to build community, to seek for unity among all peoples and a respect for all peoples in spite of the differences. So in two days in Algeria I think we've really had a wonderful opportunity to, if you will, continue to build bridges, to promote dialogue. I think the visit to the mosque was significant and to say that although we have different beliefs, we have different ways of worshipping, we have different ways of living, we can live together in peace. And so I think that to promote that kind of image is something which the world needs to hear today, and that together we can continue to offer in our witness as we continue on this apostolic voyage."
Speaking on his flight from Algeria to Cameroon for the second leg of a whirlwind 10-day Africa tour, the first U.S. pontiff urged respect for all people and said his travels so far had shown the importance of pursuing dialog between different communities.
Trump, who attacked Leo as "terrible" on the eve of the pope's tour, doubled down in a social media post late on Tuesday, despite widespread backlash from U.S. Christians across the political spectrum.
