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Pope lands in Equatorial Guinea decrying ‘economy that kills’
MALAMBA – Pope Leo XIV arrived in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday, an African country led by the world’s longest-serving president and infamous for stark poverty and widespread corruption, with a call to justice and peace. Quoting Pope Francis’s 2013 exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, the pope said in his April 21 speech, one year to the day since Francis died, that, “today we also have to say ‘thou shalt not’ to an economy of exclusion and inequality.…
Leo XIV in Equatorial Guinea to the authorities: "Remove obstacles to integral human development." The memory of Pope Francis' words one year after his death: "No to the economy of exclusion." God "never must be invoked to justify actions of death." Political opposition in exile writes to Prevost: "Country under seizure of the presidential family."
Pope Leo XIV in Equatorial Guinea: “Dare to pursue counter-current policies centered on the common good”
In his first address to the authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps, the Pontiff called for a rejection of the “economy of exclusion” and for building a society that looks toward the City of Peace
One year after Pope Francis' death on Tuesday, April 21, Leo XIV paid tribute to him in the plane that was taking him to Equatorial Guinea, welcoming his closeness to the poorest, his message of brotherhood and mercy. Less than two hours later, in front of the authorities of this small oil state in Central Africa, he took up one of the strongest formulas of his predecessor: "Such an economy kills."
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