Posted on 04/19/2026 5:47:10 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Pope Leo XIV urged Cameroon’s young people Friday to resist the temptation to migrate and instead work for the common good at home, as he called for morally upright citizens to combat corruption plaguing many African countries.
Leo highlighted two of the big problems facing the continent during a Mass and a meeting with students and faculty at the Catholic University of Central Africa: the corruption that keeps countries in poverty and the brain drain of their brightest children who leave rather than fight the corruption at home.
They’re themes Leo has highlighted during his visit to Cameroon, a mineral-rich Central African nation which has been ruled since 1982 by 93-year-old President Paul Biya, who last year secured an eighth consecutive term with a disputed election.
Friday marked the half-way point in Leo’s 11-day tour of four African nations. He leaves Saturday for Angola, another country blessed with oil and other natural resources, but where a third of the population lives on less than $2.15 a day.
“Africa, indeed, must be freed from the scourge of corruption,” Leo told the university students and their teachers in the capital Yaounde.
“The greatness of a nation cannot be measured solely by the abundance of its natural resources, nor even by the material wealth of its institutions,” he said. “No society, in fact, can flourish unless it is grounded in upright consciences, formed in the truth.”
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That’s pretty mild for him Don’t feel like throwing my 5:00 glass of wine at the computer screen
J.D. Vance must have hypnotized him?
I’m surprised the Pope didn’t include Nigeria in his trip...
That’s the one place he might be needed the most...
Did he bring beef jerky?
Then he could have linked arms on both sides with leaders as the Dr. Martin Luther King voting rights marches where he had a rabbi, a priest and a city mayor giving him support.
Then he could have stopped any onrushing rebels with automatic weapons by pleading for world peace.
The Pope telling youths in Africa to resist the temptation of corruption is sort of like the guy who swore off smoking, drinking, fast foods and snacks and chasing women for sex.
Looking back on that time he said it was the worst 20 minutes of his whole life.
Photo of Pope:
Pope: I will say today to you Africans, as one of our greatest Americans, President Joe Biden once said:
“We have this notion that somehow if you’re poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids”.
Agreed. Maybe the Nigerian government has reservations about hosting him. Plus accommodating all the corresponding security detail etc...
Never been, but i have had Cameroonian food before LoL. It was very chicken-based, seasoned rice, etc...
A little bit of Christianity could be useful as well.
A little bit of Christianity could be useful as well.
Merry New Year!
I find it hypocritical for the same person to urge some people to resist migration, while at the same time encouraging others to welcome illegal immigrants.
Oh okay I haven’t seen that movie!
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