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The Right Words, the Wrong Room
Pope Leo XIV meets with Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at the presidential palace in Malabo on April 21, 2026. | Image Credit: Vatican Media

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The Right Words, the Wrong Room

Pope Leo delivered a powerful address condemning resource exploitation in Equatorial Guinea — a country whose president, Teodoro Obiang, has ruled for 46 years and whose family has looted its oil wealth with impunity. The words were right. The room was completely wrong.

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