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Pope urges Congo youth to reject corruption and they respond

Por: ABC News World February 03, 2023

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KINSHASA, Congo -- Pope Francis led Congo’s young people in a rousing denunciation of political corruption on Thursday, turning an otherwise scripted meeting with church catechists into a rally that shook the capital’s sports stadium.Francis was repeatedly interrupted as some of the 65,000 people in Kinshasa’s Martyrs’ Stadium took up his call to say “No” to corruption and turned it into a demand for Congo's president to not run... + full article



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