Will Pope Leo’s Africa-First Vision Go Beyond His Pilgrimage to Africa?
I stood among the concelebrating priests at Pope Leo’s Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square. There, I watched the choreography of solemn ritual, spiritual power, and papal presence unfold. What caught my attention, as a Black Catholic priest, was the quieter symbolism at the altar. Two African priests were among the principal masters of ceremony at the Mass, which…