Cameroon bishop: Church provides ‘presence of hope’ amid separatist conflict

With Pope Leo XIV scheduled to be in the west-African nation of Cameroon in April, part of a four-leg tour of the continent, expectation is high for the visit.

Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit key Cameroonian locations including the capital city, Yaoundé, and Douala, the largest city and principal port. The pontiff is also to visit Bamenda, the chief city of Cameroon’s North-West Region, where a Anglophone separatist insurgency has been underway for a decade.

Cameroon is a country of some 30 million people...