Pope, ending Mozambique visit, slams corrupt leaders


  • World
  • Friday, 06 Sep 2019

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for Holy Mass on a rainy day at Zimpeto stadium in Maputo, Mozambique September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Pope Francis, ending his visit to Mozambique, on Friday scolded political and business leaders in the resource-rich but poor East African country who allow themselves to be corrupted by outsiders.

On his last day in the country, Francis visited a hospital for HIV-AIDS sufferers run by the Sant' Egidio community and then said a mass for some 60,000 of people in Maputo's national stadium.

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