Pope Leo Closes Africa Tour in Bata Prison With Dignity Claim Fused to Deportee Politics
The American pope closed his Africa tour inside a notorious Equatorial Guinea prison — in a country paid by Washington to hold third-country deportees.
Anna Weber
Bureau: Berlin
Leo Closes Africa Tour With Bata Stadium Mass and a Youth Rally
The final-day choreography — stadium Mass, youth celebration, prison visit — was three venues arguing the same claim in three registers.
Obiang Does Not Answer the Pope on the Way Out
Equatorial Guinea's president has ruled 46 years and has not answered the pope's mineral-colonization charge — the silence is the state's reply.
USCCB Day Eight Silence Holds as Pope Leo Closes the Africa Tour
Eight days after Bishop Massa's Just War clarification, no Catholic-aligned administration figure has surfaced a reversal as Pope Leo closes the Africa tour in Bata.