Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV will begin a 10-day visit to four African countries on 13 April, marking his first pastoral trip to the continent, the Vatican has announced.

MILAN (AP) -- This year's Olympic and Paralympic Games are located in Italy, a historically Catholic nation. And they coincide with Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that's a time for dawn-to-dusk fasting, religious reflection and communal celebration.