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During an 11-day apostolic journey through Africa in April 2026, Pope Leo XIV urged students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to resist emigration and instead fight corruption at home — a moral appeal delivered against the backdrop of 35 million internally displaced Africans and a continent that sends over $100 billion in remittances annually. The speech has reignited debate over whether "stay and build" appeals address the structural forces driving displacement, or whether they serve the interests of institutions — including the Church itself — that stand to gain from Africa's booming young population.