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The organisation has published its first official bulletin, providing figures and data on relief efforts carried out between 25 June and 6 July. A nationwide and international mobilization has enabled assistance to reach up to 40,000 people affected by the earthquake.
Historian and Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba Diocese in Tanzania, Method Kilaini, has spoken of his immense gratitude for Pope Leo’s moral courage in issuing the first papal apology for the Holy See’s role in legitimising the transatlantic slave trade as well as failing to condemn the forced enslavement of an estimated 10 to 12 million Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas where they laboured on plantations under brutal conditions.
The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations emphasizes the need to address structural obstacles to development in African countries by for example enhancing concessional financing, promoting fairer trade systems, facilitating tech transfers and advancing debt relief.