Prof. Nicolette Manglos-Weber Quoted in Washington Post Article
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Regarding same-sex unions, Pope Francis must navigate a divided church
By Ruby Mellen
When the pope traveled to Africa in 2019, his fourth visit to the continent — which has the fastest-growing Catholic population in the world — since becoming pontiff in 2013, he preached awareness of poverty, climate change and compassion for refugees. Adoring crowds welcomed him in Madagascar, Mauritius and Mozambique.
“I think Africa is where the future is really” for the Catholic Church, Nicolette Manglos-Weber, assistant professor of religion and society at Boston University’s School of Theology, told the BBC. She added that the church provides “a social institution that provides a lot of support and security in places where precarious living is very common and widespread.”