Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday urged Equatorial Guinea to place itself "in the service of law and justice", on the first day of his visit to the authoritarian country, which is one of the most closed-off states in Africa and regularly accused of human rights abuses. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.
Pope calls for 'law and justice' on Equatorial Guinea visit
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