Pope Francis calls on Madagascar’s leaders to fight corruption, eliminate poverty and protect the environment | America Magazine

Pope Francis calls on Madagascar’s leaders to fight corruption, eliminate poverty and protect the environment | America Magazine: On his first day in Madagascar, Pope Francis issued a strong call to the governmental authorities of this island of 27 million people to fight “with determination” against “endemic forms of corruption and speculation,” to “confront” the situations that “create conditions of inhumane poverty,” and to protect the environment against damage to nature and the people.