By Nicole Winfield and Gerald Imray/AP
Pope Leo XIV challenged Angola’s leaders to break the “cycle of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries as he arrived in the southern African country on Saturday, with a message of encouragement for its long-suffering people.
Leo’s arrival in Angola, the oil-and-mineral rich former Portuguese colony, marked the third leg of his four-nation African voyage.
En route from Cameroon, he spoke again of the ongoing back-and-forth with US President Donald Trump over the Iran war.
Leo, history’s first US-born pope, said that it was “not in my interest at all” to debate Trump, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel message of peace, justice and brotherhood in Africa.
US Vice President JD Vance later wrote on social media: “I am grateful to Pope Leo for saying this.” Vance, a Catholic convert, suggested earlier in the week that
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