Shortly after landing in Kinshasa in the DRC, Pope Francis delivered a speech full of condemnation of the exploitation over centuries. He talked of political strangleholds giving way to “economic colonialism”, which he said was equally enslaving. In the best-received section of the speech he told the outside world to acknowledge the catastrophic things that have been done in the country and to fully respect people here. However, the Pope did not specifically refer to the role played by Catholic colonizers, backed by historic edicts from the Vatican, and the atrocities they committed here.
Source : BBC
