Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 10, 2025 / 15:19 pm

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo asked U.S. President Donald Trump this weekend to reinstate foreign aid to Africa.

“Targeted humanitarian aid for Africa is urgently needed, morally good, and of great strategic value to the U.S,” Ambongo, the archbishop of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, wrote in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday afternoon.

“President Trump has made clear that he will put the needs of his country and its citizens first before attending to the needs of the world. No leader of a nation as great as the U.S. could do otherwise,” the cardinal stated. “It would be a mistake, however, for Mr. Trump to forget about Africa.”

Ambongo highlighted Africa’s rich natural resources and “bright entrepren

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