Pope Leo XIV urged young men in Cameroon not to take the dangerous migration route to Europe and instead develop their own country.
“In the face of the understandable tendency to migrate — which may lead one to believe that elsewhere a better future may be more easily found — I invite you, first and foremost, to respond with an ardent desire to serve your country and to apply the knowledge you are acquiring here to the benefit of your fellow citizens,” Leo told French-speaking Cameroonian attendees at a mass on April 19. He added:
This is the raison d’être of your university, founded thirty-five years ago to form pastors of souls and lay people committed to society: these are the witnesses of wisdom and justice, of which the African continent needs.
The message reflects the Pope’s zig-zag strategy on migration politics.
He argues that young people should develop their own countries through work and study, but also argues that young people who migrate should be protected.
He also argues that the Catholic Church should welcome migrants, but also that national governments have the right to block migrants and the duty to help their young people not to migrate.
Source:
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/04/20/pope-leo-xiv-zig-zags-on-migration-dilemmas/