Pope Leo denounced people who "manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic or political gain" during a Cameroon speech.
The pontiff did not specifically name the president during his speech in Cameroon. He sharply criticized those who manipulate religion "for their own military, economic or political gain."
Pope Leo XIV has condemned the "handful of tyrants" exploiting Earth through war and greed. He delivered a peace message in Bamenda, Cameroon, amid a long-standing separatist conflict. Cameroonians celebrated ...
Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants," in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon on Thursday.
BAMENDA, Cameroon (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV blasted the "handful of tyrants" who are ravaging Earth with war and exploitation, as he preached a message of peace Thursday in the epicenter of a separatist conflict considered one of the world's most ...
Pope Leo XIV has condemned the "handful of tyrants" exploiting Earth through war and greed. He delivered a peace message in Bamenda, Cameroon, amid a long-standing separatist conflict. Cameroonians celebrated ...