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Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola’s leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people
The pope said 30% of Angolans lived on less than $2.15 a day and urged leaders to put people before oil and minerals.
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Angola and met President Joao Lourenco, delivering a speech to government authorities urging them to dismantle the "chains of corruption" hindering the nation's development.
- Lourenco's administration estimated at least $24 billion was misappropriated by former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, reflecting entrenched cycles of exploitation rooted in Angola's colonial past.
- Despite being Africa's fourth-largest oil producer, more than 30% of Angola's population lives on less than $2.15 daily. Leo plans a Sunday visit to the historic Muxima shrine to pray.
- U.S. Vice President JD Vance wrote on social media, "I am grateful to Pope Leo for saying this," while Lourenco pledged on Saturday to improve lives and called for an end to the Iran war.
- The U.S.-born pontiff stated it is "not in my interest at all" to debate President Donald Trump, committing instead to continue preaching peace, justice, and brotherhood throughout his African voyage.
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Pope Leo challenges Angola's leaders to break 'extractivism'
Pope Leo XIV challenged Angola’s leaders to break the "extractivism” that has plundered and exploited Africa for centuries, as he arrived in the southern African country on Saturday with a message of encouragement for its long-suffering people.
Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola’s leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people
LUANDA, Angola — Pope Leo XIV challenged Angola’s leaders to break the “cycle of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries as he arrived in the southern African country on Saturday with a message of encouragement for its long-suffering people. Leo’s arrival in Angola, the oil-and-mineral rich former Portuguese colony, marked the third leg of his four-nation African voyage. En route from Cameroon, he spoke again of the ong…
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Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola's leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people
Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries.
Pope Leo XIV delivers message of hope in Angola, but challenges leaders
By Nicole Winfield and Gerald Imray/AP Pope Leo XIV challenged Angola’s leaders to break the “cycle of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries as he arrived in the southern African country on Saturday, with a message of encouragement for its long-suffering people. Leo’s arrival in Angola, the oil-and-mineral rich former Portuguese colony, marked the third leg of his four-nation African voyage. En route from Cameroon, he…
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