Overview
- Pope Leo, speaking to reporters Saturday on the flight from Cameroon to Angola, said it is not in his interest to debate President Donald Trump and criticized coverage that cast his Africa speeches as a rebuttal to the president.
- The pontiff arrived in Luanda on Saturday, met President João Lourenço, and addressed officials with fresh warnings about corruption and resource exploitation in a country rich in oil yet scarred by deep poverty.
- In Cameroon on Friday, he drew an estimated 120,000 people to a Mass in Douala and urged especially young people to reject violence and corruption and to work for the common good.
- Earlier in the week he condemned those who use religion to justify war and said the world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, while clarifying Saturday that the Bamenda speech carrying that line was written before Trump’s attacks.
- The tour now moves through large public liturgies and visits in Kilamba, Muxima, and Saurimo before a final stop in Equatorial Guinea, reflecting the church’s growing base in Africa and giving voice to local concerns over conflict, inequality, and foreign plunder.