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Pope slams corruption in Angola
In today's programme: Pope Leo XIV is in Angola, where he slammed exploitation and corruption by the rich and powerful before 40,000 faithful at an open-air mass in the city of Saurimo. Also, the Congolese government and the M23 rebel group say they have agreed to ease humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days. And in Mali, more than a thousand people flee across the border into Mauritania, seeking safety from armed groups.
Saurimo. Pope Leo XIV lamented yesterday, during an event held in Angola, that many people in the world are “exploited by the authoritarian and swindled by the rich,” which is the latest example of the new and forceful style of expression he has adopted on his tour of four African countries.
Many people are being ‘defrauded by the rich’, says Pope as African tour draws hundreds of thousands of faithful
Many people in the world are being “exploited by authoritarians and defrauded by the rich”, Pope Leo said during an event in Angola yesterday, the latest example of a forceful new speaking style the pontiff has adopted on his four-nation Africa tour.
Pope blasts 'exploitation' as he ends tour of Angola
Pope Leo XIV condemned exploitation and corruption by the rich and powerful during a visit on Monday to Angola's diamond-rich but impoverished northeast, returning to a theme of his 11-day tour of Africa. The American pope travels to Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday to wrap up a mammoth 18,000-kilometre tour taking in four African countries. On Monday morning, he visited the city of Saurimo, some 800 kilometres east of the capital, before returning …
Pope Leo XIV lamented during an event in Angola on Monday (20), that many people in the world are being exploited by authoritarians and deceived by the rich. This was the latest example of a new style of vigorous speech that he adopted on his trip to four countries in Africa. The first pope of the United States, who has attracted the anger of American President Donald Trump, told the faithful at a mass in Saurimo, near the border with the Democr…
"Every form of oppression, violence, exploitation and dishonesty denies the resurrection of Christ," the pope said.
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