“"The pope does not know Africa, but for him it is the exploited continent. And his concern is for the poor to not be exploited," say Paul Béré, a Jesuit theologian from Burkina Faso. "He places the poor at the heart of the Church's magisterium. And that resonates with Africa."”
“The DRC is one of the giants of Africa in terms of its size and its natural resources. It is likely to play an important role in the fight against climate change, preserving its rainforest and its biodiversity. But the country is also one of the poorest in the world. The government is weak,”
“"I want to ask them for the courage to look at their own people, to look people in the eye, and the courage to know that the good of a people is much more than a consensus between parties," Pope Francis said in a video message October 16 to the World Meeting of Popular Movements.”
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