Pope readies for Africa, riskiest trip of his papacy

Pope Francis is due to visit a mosque in the capital of the Central African Republic in what is being seen as the most difficult part of his Africa tour.

Kenya said yesterday it may deploy as many as 10,000 police officers to boost security during a visit by Pope Francis later this month, as the country readies for crowds of one million people.

Pope Francis gestures while speaking to journalists aboard a flight from South Korea to Italy, 18 August 2014. Photograph: Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA Pope Francis said on Monday the international community would be justified in stopping Islamist militants in Iraq, but that it should not be up to a single nation to decide how to intervene in the conflict. The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics made his comments in an hour-long conversation with reporters aboard a plane...

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Pope Francis says during his visit to Kenya that the illegal trade in ivory and diamonds fuels conflict and could destroy Africa's environment.

Pope Francis hailed Africa as “a continent of hope” on Friday as he toured Uganda on the second leg of a landmark trip that has seen him railing against corruption and poverty.

Prior to his arrival in Kenya for a three-nation African tour, Pope Francis was filmed on board the papal plane greeting reporters.

Pope Francis, “the peoples’ pope”, and the most progressive—and popular—pontiff arrived in Kenya last night, on a trip that will also take him to Uganda and the troubled Central African Republic.

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