Pope Leo criticises inequality and injustice during whirlwind final day of Africa tour

NewsWorldAfricaPope Leo criticises inequality and injustice during whirlwind final day of Africa tourThe 70-year-old pontiff was flying about 700 km across Equatorial Guinea to visit three citiesJoshua McElwee Wednesday 22 April 2026 15:31 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2962802","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/pope-leo-equatorial-guinea-africa-wealth-b2962802.html","title":"Pope Leo bemoans wealth inequality during final day of Africa tour"}}ClosePope Leo says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate TrumpOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Africa","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}Pope Leo used the final full day of his four-nation Africa tour on Wednesday to deliver a...