Pope Leo responded directly on Monday to a presidential attack. But since then, he said, some of his statements during his Africa trip have been misconstrued.
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An example was a speech about “tyrants” ransacking the world that he delivered in Cameroon on the second leg of a tour of Africa, said Pope Leo.