Overview
- Crowds in Saurimo, which hosted a papal Mass Monday, heard Leo say many people are exploited by authoritarians and defrauded by the rich.
- Following Sunday’s large open-air liturgy in Kilamba near Luanda, he urged Angolans to heal corruption and move beyond civil war divisions, with authorities citing about 100,000 attendees.
- He also prayed Sunday at the Mamã Muxima shrine, a riverside church once used to baptize enslaved Africans before forced marches to Luanda’s port.
- Earlier Monday he visited a home for about 60 elderly people in Saurimo and later met clergy in Luanda, highlighting care for those left out and the church’s limited resources.
- The delegation plans to depart Tuesday for Equatorial Guinea, with turnout reports in Angola ranging from roughly 100,000 at Kilamba to about 60,000 around the Saurimo events.