Meanwhile, Mozambique and Madagascar are ranked in the lowest quarter of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. He has branded corruption “one of the most decimating plagues” in society.
World Food Programme (WFP), indicate that 80% of Mozambique’s population of about 30 million cannot afford the minimum costs for an adequate diet.įrancis has called for a fairer distribution of wealth between prosperous and developing countries, and defended the right of countries to control their mineral resources. The WFP says more than 90% of Madagascar’s population of 26 million live on less than $2 a day and that chronic child malnutrition is widespread. Poverty and corruption is also loom large. This has aggravated because 80% of its plant and animal species and have completely disappeared. Making his second trip to sub-Saharan Africa, Francis will not be able to visit the city of Beira because of the devastation.Īccording to the World Bank, Mozambique has lost 8 million hectares of forest, about the size of Portugal.Īides say the trip is a key opportunity for the Pope to renew appeals enshrined in his 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si” on environmental protection.įrancis challenged governments on Sunday to take “drastic measures” to combat global warming and reduce the use of fossil fuels, saying the world was experiencing a climate emergency.Īccording to the French Agricultural Research Center CIRAD in Madagascar, about 44% of forests have disappeared over the past 60 years due to climate change. Similarly, late Pope John Paul made several visit to the continent at the height of military dictatorship, calling for justice in the face of human rights violation.
Despite focusing on the revival of its dwindling members, the church seems to be more focused on policy initiatives that can propel the economic development and prosperity of Africans. The Catholic Church has lost significant number of members on the continent to Evangelicals. Deforestation, along with soil erosion, made Mozambique more vulnerable when two cyclones hit the country earlier this year. Corruption is expected to be a topic in Mozambique and Madagascar.
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