Pope Presses Cameroon’s Leaders on Corruption and Human Rights in Rare Rebuke

On the first day of his visit to Cameroon, Pope Leo XIV issued a strikingly direct call for the nation’s leadership to confront systemic corruption and human rights abuses. Addressing a room of officials that included President Paul Biya—Cameroon’s ruler for over four decades at 93 years old—the Pope used his platform to urge the government to reassess its commitment to its citizens. He emphasized the need for political leaders to serve as unifying figures rather than perpetuate division in a co