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It is the second city in Cameroon that Pope Leo XIV visited during his tour of Africa. The situation in Bamenda is very complex: the territory has been the scene of a prolonged internal war known as the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although there is a temporary ceasefire, the situation remains tense: there is recurring violence, kidnappings, armed clashes, and displacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this reason, Leo XIV\u2019s visit to this place carried a profound message of peace, which he delivered in the Cathedral of Saint Joseph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> is you who are proclaiming peace to me, and to the entire world. As one of you observed, the crisis impacting these regions of Cameroon has brought Christian and Muslim communities closer than ever before. Indeed, your religious leaders have come together to establish a Movement for Peace,through which they seek to mediate between the opposing sides.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, the pope had the opportunity to listen to various testimonies from people who have experienced the war firsthand and whose lives have been completely changed by the conflict, as was the case for Cameroonian citizen Denis Salo, a father of a large family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DENIS SALO<\/strong> The meeting concluded with a memorable scene: Pope Leo stated that during his visit to Bamenda, they should be bearers of peace, and as a sign of this, he released a dove as he left the church\u2014a universal symbol of peace and reconciliation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James O'Reilly It is the second city in Cameroon that Pope Leo XIV visited during his tour of Africa. The situation in Bamenda is very complex: the territory has been the scene of a prolonged internal war known as the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon. Although there is a temporary ceasefire, the situation remains tense: there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":89055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MbCjkqhH_sw","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b07cattedralesangiuseppeeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b07cattedralesangiuseppeint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89059"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89062,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89059\/revisions\/89062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I amhere to proclaim peace. Yet I find it<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cameroonian victim of the war
When the war broke out in 2017, these drinks were banned, and those of us who sold these drinks them were persecuted. Five of my neighbors were killed, as well as one of my closest friends was also killed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n