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Pope Francis to visit Africa this month

23rd October, 2015 09:41:00

Pope Francis will be visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic and only visit their capital cities. November will be one of the most exciting months of the year for Ugandan Catholics and others who have enjoyed the servant – leadership style of Pope Francis.

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In Nairobi, he will visit Kangemi, a slum that is home to 650,000 people. He will also hold an inter-religious meeting and say a Mass at a university in the capital.

In Uganda, Francis is scheduled to visit a home for the disabled in Nalukolongo, a suburb of the capital Kampala.

The last stop is Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, where the centerpiece of his visit to a country plagued by inter-communal violence is a meeting with Muslim leaders in the Koudoukou mosque.

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