Pope heads to epicenter of Cameroon’s separatist conflict to preach message of peace

Cătălin Roșioru

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is travelling to the western Cameroon city of Bamenda to preach a message of peace in the epicenter of a separatist conflict that humanitarian groups have called one of the world’s most neglected crises . Leo is to preside Thursday over a peace meeting involving a Mankon traditional chief, a Presbyterian moderator, an imam and a Catholic nun. The aim is to highlight the interfaith movement that has been seeking to end the conflict and care for its many