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Pope Benedict has warned that a form of colonialism continues to blight Africa.
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he said the developed world continued to export materialism - which he called "toxic spiritual rubbish" - to the continent.
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Pope Benedict praised Africa's rich cultural and spiritual treasures, caling them a "spiritual lung" for the world.
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But he said the continent was afflicted by an export of the "so-called 'first world'... [the] toxic spiritual rubbish" of materialism. "In this context, the political colonialism is never finished," the Pope said.
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He said Africa also suffered increasing religious fundamentalism, in the form of religious groups which "act on behalf of God" but "teach intolerance and violence".
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