João Lourenço & Angola

João Lourenço: João Lourenço, President of Angola, met with Pope Leo XVI and acknowledged the challenges of improving the lives of Angolans. He also called for an end to the Iran war and asked the pope to promote peace.

Angola: Angola hosted Pope Leo XVI, who addressed its leaders and people, highlighting issues of poverty, inequality, corruption, and the exploitation of its natural resources. The country is a major oil and diamond producer but faces significant economic disparities.

João Lourenço: João Lourenço, the President of Angola, met with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and was thanked for his leadership and partnership in the landmine clearance mission.

Angola: Angola is the primary location of the event, hosting the largest minefield in Africa due to its civil war, and its government is committed to landmine clearance efforts.

João Lourenço: João Lourenço is the President of Angola, to whom Pope Leo XVI delivered a speech criticizing the exploitation of natural resources.

Angola: Angola is one of the countries Pope Leo XVI visited during his Africa tour, where he decried the exploitation of natural resources and called for a society free from elite-imposed slavery.

João Lourenço: João Lourenço, the President of Angola, received Pope Leo XVI during his visit, where the Pope spoke about the exploitation of natural resources.

Angola: Angola was a stop on Pope Leo XVI's Africa tour, where he decried the exploitation of natural resources and called for a society free from the 'slavery imposed by the elite'.