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Pope Leo urges Africans to stay and 'serve your country' instead of migrating as displacement climbs
Pope Leo XIV last Friday urged African youth to work toward improving their own countries rather than migrating elsewhere in search of better opportunities.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.
"In the face of the understandable tendency to migrate — which may lead one to believe that elsewhere a better future may be more easily found — I invite you, first and foremost, to respond with an ardent desire to serve your country and to apply the knowledge you are acquiring here to the benefit of your fellow citizens," Leo said.
While displacement in Africa has steadily increased in recent years amid economic and political challenges, Leo said each country’s rising generations should be "committed to society," reflect their nations’ needs and confront systemic issues at home.
"Africa, indeed, must be freed from the scourge of corruption. For young people, this awareness must take root from their years of formation," he said.
"These are the witnesses of wisdom and justice, of which the African continent needs."
He added that through education and spiritual formation, "you learn to become builders of the future of your respective countries and of a world that is more just and humane."