Equatorial Guinea Africa Pope

Pope Leo XIV, delivers a speech during his meeting with the staff and patients of the "Jean Pierre Olie" Psychiatric Hospital in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, April 21, 2026.

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Pope tells inmates 'you are not alone' during Equatorial Guinea prison visit at end of Africa tour

Pope tells inmates 'you are not alone' during Equatorial Guinea prison visit at end of Africa tour

Pope Leo XIV is urging Equatorial Guineans to work for freedom, justice and to close the gap “between the privileged and the disadvantaged.” Leo opened his day with a Mass in Mongomo. The eastern city is on the border with Gabon and has experienced major development since Equatorial Guinea’s oil boom in the 1990s. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo who has been accused of widespread corruption and authoritarianism comes from Mongomo. He and his wife were on hand for the Mass as was their son who has been convicted of embezzling millions of euros by a French court.