Pope Leo Heads to Africa to Meet the Future of Catholicism
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On a four-country tour of the continent, where the faith is growing faster than anywhere else, the pontiff will be greeted by enthusiastic crowds and authoritarian leaders.
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There are now 288 million African Catholics, representing more than one in five of the faithful worldwide, yet Africans remain a small minority in the ranks of Vatican leadership, which is still dominated by Europeans. Of the 121 cardinals who can elect a pope, only 14 are from the entire continent of Africa. Italy alone has 18.
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