This sums up what happened in Africa
This brings us back to my point about Africa suffering from excessive population growth. This is partly due to the 5 stage development cycle, but also certainly due in large part to catholic missionaries... they 'converted' the African population as part of the colonialist drive to establish control... and of course the catholic church bans contraception. The refusal due to western indoctrination to use contraception leads directly to a population increase, which in many cases these countries can't support... which in turn contributes to poverty, malnutrition and starvation. The pope and the catholic church are responsible for a huge amount of suffering on the African continent.
Well.. I have seen this pattern in other Catholic nations as well, such as the Philippines. Because of massive population growth, the residents remain in extreme poverty and they are forced to work under subhuman conditions in richer nations. And it is not just the Catholic church. Some of the other religious sects also discourage family planning. Actually Africa can't sustain such a huge population growth, since most of the land is arid or rocky. The increasing population has put a huge strain on the natural resources, and this has in turn resulted in inter-religious and inter-ethnic clashes, as various groups compete for limited resources.