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Pope Leo XIV slams 'tyrants' ransacking world on high-security visit to Cameroon

On arrival in the country on Wednesday, the pope appealed to Cameroon's leaders to examine their "conscience" and tackle corruption and rights abuses. Grouped from 9 articles across 5 sources.

9 reports5 sourcesApr 16, 2026, 5:24 PM
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EuronewsApr 16, 2026, 5:24 PM

Pope Leo XIV slams 'tyrants' ransacking world on high-security visit to Cameroon

On arrival in the country on Wednesday, the pope appealed to Cameroon's leaders to examine their "conscience" and tackle corruption and rights abuses.

The Globe and MailApr 16, 2026, 3:34 PM

Pope Leo, in Cameroon, decries world 'ravaged by tyrants'

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 after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked him again on social media.

The Straits TimesApr 16, 2026, 8:18 AM

Pope Leo, in Cameroon, decries ‘handful of tyrants’ ravaging the world

Pope Leo urged Cameroon’s government to root out corruption and resist “the whims of the rich and powerful”.

Al JazeeraApr 16, 2026, 1:08 PM

Pope Leo decries world ruled by ‘tyrants’ after Trump attacks

Pope, in Cameroon, calls for 'decisive change of course' that leads away from conflict and the exploitation of the land.

The Globe and MailApr 16, 2026, 11:01 AM

Pope Leo visits Cameroon’s conflict-hit anglophone region to preach message of peace

City of Bamenda is the epicentre of a separatist conflict that humanitarian groups have called one of the world’s most neglected crises

DWApr 16, 2026, 3:09 PM

Pope Leo excoriates 'tyrants' waging war instead of peace

Pope Leo XIV has admonished those waging war in the name of god and slammed "tyrants" destroying the world and its resources. The pontiff has stepped up his criticism of senseless violence, angering US President Trump.

The Straits TimesApr 16, 2026, 8:18 AM

Pope Leo to hold peace meeting in Cameroon amid Trump attacks

BAMENDA, Cameroon, April 16 - Pope Leo was travelling to the biggest city in Cameroon's conflict-hit anglophone region on Thursday, the latest stop on an ambitious four-country Africa tour amid attacks on the pontiff by U.S. President Donald Trump.

EuronewsApr 16, 2026, 7:17 AM

Pope Leo XIV visits Cameroon as Biya faces unrest and separatist war

Arriving in Yaoundé on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV pressed Cameroon’s leaders to address corruption, setting the tone for a high-stakes visit.

Al JazeeraApr 16, 2026, 12:32 AM

Huge crowds greet Pope Leo in Cameroon 20 years after outreach trip

Huge crowds have greeted Pope Leo in Cameroon, returning to a country he visited 20 years ago as ‘Father Bob’.

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