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Catholicism Thrives in Africa, but Pope’s Cameroon Visit Highlights a Divide

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Catholicism Thrives in Africa, but Pope’s Cameroon Visit Highlights a Divide

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Catholicism is growing fast on the continent, yet Africans play a comparatively small role in church leadership. Cameroon, where Leo XIV arrived on Wednesday, shows the disparity.

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