Paulines Publications Africa
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Dear brothers and sisters, I visited two African countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. Congo is a land rich in resources and bloodied by a war that never ends. It is like a diamond, but this diamond has become a source of contention, of violence, and paradoxically of the impoverishment of the people. It is a dynamic that is also found in other African regions: a continent that has been colonised, exploited, plundered. In the face of all this I said two words. The first is negative: "Enough!" Stop exploiting Africa! There is the notion that) "Africa must be exploited": enough of this! The second is positive: together, together with dignity, all together, and with mutual respect, together in the name of Christ, our hope, to go forward. Do not exploit; go forth together.
