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An artisanal miner carries a sack of ore at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Oct.12, 2022. | Photo by JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images

Here’s what Pope Francis said about exploitative mining in the Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo exports 70% of the worldʼs cobalt, a once-obscure element now in great demand

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