"Africa needs to be freed from the scourge of corruption," Leo said, taking aim at a graft-riddled mining industry where foreign powers -- China foremost among them -- reap the riches of the continent ...

Pope Leo XIV arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon, on Friday, 17 April 2026.

Leo is the third pontiff to visit the fossil fuel-rich country after John Paul II in 1992 and Benedict XVI in 2009.

Pope Leo XIV is encouraging young people in Cameroon to resist the temptation to migrate and to stay at home and fight ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for more than 120,000 people in Cameroon's largest city on April 17, urging "beloved children of ...

The Pope brings comfort and closeness to the sick at Saint Paul Catholic Hospital After the grand Mass in Douala, an intimate ...

More than 120,000 people have joined Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon for an open-air Mass, the biggest crowd so far during his ...

Pope Leo XIV continued his papal trip in Africa on April 17, holding Mass in Japoma Stadium in Cameroon, visiting a Catholic ...

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Pope Leo’s insistence that war offends God should be understood as a prohibition against all but legitimate defensive actions ...