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Pope hits out at jails in Equatorial Guinea
April 23, 2026
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BATA, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) -- Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday made a tightly controlled visit to a notorious prison in Equatorial Guinea's biggest city, after launching a rare criticism of living conditions for inmates. Prisoners lined up in the freshly repainted courtyard of Bata prison, breaking into song and dance in the driving rain as they greeted the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
The administration of justice aims to protect society, the US-born pontiff, 70, told the 600 deta
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