Pope urges Africa's youth to resist dual temptations of migration and corruption in Cameroon

Pope Leo XIV urged Cameroon’s young people Friday to resist the temptation to migrate and instead work for the common good at home, as he called for morally upright citizens to combat corruption plaguing many African countries. Leo highlighted two of the big problems facing the continent during a Mass and a meeting with students and faculty at the Catholic University of Central Africa: the corruption that keeps countries in poverty and the brain drain of their brightest children who leave rather than fight the corruption at home. They’re themes Leo has highlighted during his visit to Cameroon, a mineral-rich...