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It was the first time, and will be perhaps the only time, Pope Leo XIV presided over Mass on an airport runway: this unique celebration of the Eucharist took place at Bamenda Airport, before the pope left the Cameroonian city to return to the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pope arrived in the popemobile to a wide and open esplanade packed with Christian faithful who awaited him with music and dancing to celebrate the Mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This region is currently locked in a violent conflict known as the 'Anglophone Crisis', which prompted Pope Leo to describe the main challenges facing Cameroon and much of Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> But he also addressed them with words of encouragement and hope, urging them to overcome war, adversity, and hardship, and to rebuild anew starting now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> This was the warm farewell that Pope Leo XIV received from the Bamenda airport\u2014a Eucharistic celebration full of color, music, and joy to celebrate the mystery of faith with the pontiff during his third apostolic journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James O'Reilly It was the first time, and will be perhaps the only time, Pope Leo XIV presided over Mass on an airport runway: this unique celebration of the Eucharist took place at Bamenda Airport, before the pope left the Cameroonian city to return to the capital. The pope arrived in the popemobile to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":89079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VbAwOITPI9Q","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b08messaaereoportocameruneng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b08messaaereoportocamerunint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89083"}],"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=89083"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89086,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89083\/revisions\/89086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
These include the numerous forms of poverty, which even recently have affected so many people amidst an ongoing food crisis. There is moral, social and political corruption, seen above all in the management of wealth, which hinders the development of institutions and infrastructure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet this is the moment to change, to transform the story of this country. The time has come, today and not tomorrow, now and not in the future<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n