‘Christ Hears the Cry of the People’ in the Face of Evil, Pope Says at Mass Near Angola’s Largest Diamond Mine

‘Christ hears the cry of the people’ in the face of evil, pope says at Mass near Angola’s largest diamond mine

SAURIMO, Angola (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to the heart of Angola’s diamond country April 20, urging the tens of thousands gathered at the papal Mass in the country’s northeast to trust that “Christ hears the cry of the people” in the face of evil. On the eighth day of Pope Leo’s apostolic journey to Africa, the pope flew some 500 miles east of the Angolan capital Luanda to Saurimo, a city located near the country’s border with the Democ…

Pope says bread of all is given to a few, but God hears the cry of the people

Pope Leo XIV said in Angola Monday that the bread of all is given to a few, but God hears the cry of the people. "Many people's desires are frustrated by the violent, exploited by the powerful, and deceived by wealth. (ANSA)

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SAURIMO, Angola (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to the heart of Angola’s diamond country April 20, urging the tens of thousands gathered at the papal Mass in the country’s northeast to trust that “Christ hears the cry of the people” in the face of evil. On the eighth day of Pope Leo’s apostolic journey to Africa, the pope flew some 500 miles east of the Angolan capital Luanda to Saurimo, a city located near the country’s border with the Democ…

'Christ hears the cry of the people' in the face of evil, pope says at Mass near Angola's largest diamond mine

SAURIMO, Angola (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to the heart of Angola’s diamond country April 20, urging the tens of thousands gathered at the papal Mass in the country’s northeast to trust that “Christ hears the cry of the people” in the face of evil. On the eighth day of Pope Leo’s apostolic journey to Africa, the pope flew some 500 miles east of the Angolan capital Luanda to Saurimo, a city located near the country’s border with the Democ…