A traditional African leader from a region of Cameroon currently torn by conflict has described a 3 June meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican as “like a miracle”, saying it could contribute to dialogue and peace in his war-torn land.
Fon Moolo II of Nkar was in Rome for an interreligious dialogue conference sponsored by the Focolare movement.
In Cameroon “Fon” is the local term for a king. Moolo II’s territory is in the troubled English-speaking northwestern region of Cameroon, a nation of roughly 30 million people in west Africa that remains mired in trouble and with lack of jobs and opportunities for the populace more than 50 years since independence.
