Before Pope Leo Lands in Algeria, Advocates Want the World to Know What Christians Face There

European Centre for Law and Justice
Participants attend a side event on Christians in Algeria organized by the European Centre for Law and Justice at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 18, 2026.

Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s expected visit to Algeria in April, advocates told the U.N. Human Rights Council that Christians there face laws that criminalize conversion and shutter churches.

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