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demmiblue

(39,815 posts) Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:00 AM 20 hrs ago

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

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BAMENDA, Cameroon, April 16 (Reuters) - 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.

Leo, the first U.S. pope, also decried leaders who used religious language to justify wars and urged a "decisive change of course" in a meeting in the biggest city in Cameroon's anglophone regions, where a simmering conflict going back nearly a decade has left thousands dead.

The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet often a lifetime is not enough to rebuild," the pontiff said.

"They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are ⁠nowhere to be found."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-leo-hold-peace-meeting-cameroon-amid-trump-attacks-2026-04-16/

Pope Leo in Bamenda: â€œWoe to those who bend religions and the very name of God to their own military, economic, and political objectives, dragging what is holy into what is most filthy and dark.â€
— Rich Raho (@richraho.bsky.social) 2026-04-16T11:31:35.305Z

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Pope Leo, in Cameroon, decries world 'ravaged by tyrants' (Original Post) demmiblue 20 hrs ago OP

K & R....................... Lovie777 20 hrs ago #1

This should get puffed-up parvenu Catholic Vance to questioning Leo's theology again, Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #2

He is just phenomenal! BlueKota 20 hrs ago #3

I hope it wakes even more up B.See 9 hrs ago #9

Ravaged by billionaires, monopolies malaise 19 hrs ago #4

The Pope's message is spot on. The world is being ravaged by Tryrants (but financed by oligarchs). harumph 19 hrs ago #5

No truer words dalton99a 19 hrs ago #6

Kick BlueWavePsych 10 hrs ago #7

I'm liking this Pope more and more . . . Aussie105 10 hrs ago #8

He's not a phony MustLoveBeagles 8 hrs ago #10

Lovie777

(23,184 posts)

1. K & R.......................

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:10 AM

20 hrs ago

Ocelot II

(130,805 posts)

2. This should get puffed-up parvenu Catholic Vance to questioning Leo's theology again,

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:30 AM

20 hrs ago

while the Apricot Antichrist tosses another word salad.

BlueKota

(5,434 posts)

3. He is just phenomenal!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:33 AM

20 hrs ago

I hope it wakes some more people up, to the truth about the current world crisis. It may not, but the Pope has a fairly large audience, so it certainly can't hurt!

B.See

(8,588 posts)

9. I hope it wakes even more up

Reply to BlueKota (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 07:31 PM

9 hrs ago

to the malignancy of the MAGA cult, and the far right fascist movement worldwide.

malaise

(296,815 posts)

4. Ravaged by billionaires, monopolies

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:56 AM

19 hrs ago

racists, woman-haters and their tools, elected and unelected

harumph

(3,320 posts)

5. The Pope's message is spot on. The world is being ravaged by Tryrants (but financed by oligarchs).

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:58 AM

19 hrs ago

"They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are ⁠nowhere to be found."

I see elsewhere where Clarence Thomas, Scott Bessent and others are calling for the little people to sacrifice for security. Same old bullshit tune, different day. These people are very bad - basically murderers by proxy - and they have to go - and I don't care by what means.