Pope's Angola Visit: Healing Wounds, Fighting Greed

0:00Pope Leo XIV just wrapped his Cameroon stop with a big mass at Hyundai Airport for thousands including the 93-year-old president, Paul Bia. This marks the third leg of his four-nation Africa tour, and he's flying straight to Angola next. In Cameroon, a former French colony where about a third of folks are Catholic, Leo pushed hope for the youth and slam elites for exploiting the land and people. With some walking hard, even wheeled in by family, showing the real joy his visit sparked. Angola's got deep scars from a brutal 27-year civil war after independence from Portugal in 1975, killing over half a million. It's loaded with oil, diamonds, gold, and key minerals, yet over 30% live on less than $2.15 a day, thanks to corruption chains, like those under the late long-time leader. Leo's hitting Lawanda to meet President Zra Larenko, call out graft, and visit Muxi Moshrein Sunday, a spot tied to the slave trade, where over 5 million Africans shipped

1:06out from Angola Port's centuries back. As the first American born Pope with mixed enslaved and owner roots, he's praying the rosary there. His messages on healing old wounds and fighting greed could ripple big in Angola's Catholic majority, setting the tone as he pushes forward on this. Vital tour. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI.