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Where Pope Francis will be in Kenya and Uganda
The three countries on the pope’s November 25-30 itinerary – Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic – have been scarred by radical Islamist attacks or Muslim-Christian sectarian strife and security concerns have meant the trip has been kept relatively short.
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Pope Francis sent a separate video message to the people of Kenya and Uganda, saying he is coming to the countries “as a minister of the Gospel, to proclaim the love of Jesus Christ and his message of reconciliation, forgiveness and peace”.
The last stop of the visit, where Francis is scheduled to stay in the capital of Bangui for only one night, has prompted a host of questions about the pope’s security given continual violent clashes there between largely Muslim and Christian armed factions. During the quarter century of his papacy, St. John Paul II travelled to 42 African countries and earned the nickname “the African”.
“We want a positon that is very clear from the Vatican that says, ‘Do not discriminate, do not harm homosexuals, ‘ a message of tolerance”, he said. More than 2 million people are expected to converge near a minor basilica in the Ugandan capital where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on Saturday, an official with the Roman Catholic Church said Monday, even as workers put in extra hours to spruce up the shrine.
At the time, the Pope called the attacks “not human”.
“The pope is so interested in reaching out to the most vulnerable wherever he is and Uganda has shown the world that LGBT people are the most vulnerable in its society”, he said. In 1980, only 7 per cent of the world’s Catholics were African.
“In the early 21st century, Africa is arguably the most consequential corner of the global map for Catholic fortunes”, said a commentator this week on Crux, a Catholic news site.
The Catholic Church in Africa faces particular challenges, including traditional customs of ancestor veneration that clash with church doctrine and other Christian denominations that offer the power to heal to congregations. It is thought that the Pope will be under the watch of United Nations peacekeepers in the country.
Homosexuality or the act of gay sex is outlawed in most of Africa’s 54 states, and South Africa is the only African nation that permits same sex marriage.
“The pope, the message he brings across is to say, ‘You Africans are also equally important'”.
Before the auto, he will visit Kenya and Uganda, where a respective 32 per cent and 47 per cent of the population are Catholic, and where the threat of attacks by Somali extremist group Al-Shabaab is ever present.
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“We too are called to witness in one way or another”.