critics state last year ' s comprehensive election defeat was marred by failure and corruption and that the pope required beware of allowing his trip , sponsored by the military , to be seen as legitimizing an authoritarian regime . the bishops in portugal twice have denounced the government for leaving its civilians mired in poverty while leaders enrich themselves off energy and diamonds . since he arrived on friday from cameroon , the pope has meets with dos santos and spoken out against corruption in africa , the countries with the strongest - growing catholic demographic in the world .
The pope talked about corruption in Africa during his visit in Angola.