# Pope Leo is calling for international action to help contain the impact of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has so far claimed more than two-thousand-500 lives. According to United Nations officials, the outbreak has spread rapidly across a vast area of the Central African country. The pontiff told pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter’s square he oftens remember the DRC in his prayers. It is the country’s 17th Ebola epidemic, and late last month it became the biggest in history.
Pope Leo urges global action to confront DRC’s Ebola outbreak