Pope Francis rejected a plan to stay in an expensive hotel during his three-day visit to Mozambique next month, the country's Domingo newspaper has reported....
Pope Francis rejects expensive hotel for Mozambique visit
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Pope Francis kicks off Africa tour in Mozambique
He is expected to be welcomed by tens of thousands during his visit, which will culminate with a mass on Friday at the giant Zimpeto stadium in the seaside capital Maputo. Pope John Paul II was the last pontiff to visit Mozambique in 1988. In a video message recorded ahead of the trip, Pope Francis stressed the need for "fraternal reconciliation in Mozambique and throughout Africa, which is the only hope for a solid and lasting peace". The pope is expected to address the country's fragile peace...
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Pope Wraps Up 3-Day, 3-Theme Tour in Mozambique
Three words resonated like a refrain during Pope Francis' tour of Mozambique this week: hope, peace and reconciliation. Tens of thousands of faithful from across the continent packed a stadium Friday to hear that message and take it with them. Neither driving rain nor biting cold nor immense distances kept 50,000 people from packing the stadium outside Maputo to receive the blessing of...
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Pope Francis in Mozambique seeks to strengthen peace accord
Maputo (AFP) - After a jubilant arrival in Mozambique at the start a three-nation African tour, Pope Francis on Thursday will meet with political and civil leaders to encourage them to consolidate a fragile peace accord. The pope's three-day visit to Mozambique comes a month after the government signed a historic peace treaty with the former rebel group Renamo, which is now the main opposition party. Mozambique's...
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Pope on critics: It's 'an honor if the Americans attack me'
Pope Francis acknowledged his growing opposition within the conservative right-wing of the U.S. Catholic Church and said in off-hand remarks aboard the papal plane Wednesday it is 'an honor if the Americans attack me.' Francis commented on critics of his papacy when he received a copy of a new book about his detractors in the United States, 'How America Wants to Change the Pope.' Author Nicholas Seneze, who covers the Vatican for the French Catholic newspaper La Croix, presented it to Francis on a flight to southern Africa. The plane landed in Maputo, Mozambique late in the afternoon. Francis is on a trip this that also takes him to Madagascar and Mauritius. Pope Francis waves as he boards...
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In Africa, Pope Francis comes face to face with the future of the church
MAPUTO, Mozambique — Young men and women wearing the words ‘‘Pope Francis’’ on their backs and ‘‘Catholic Youth’’ on their sleeves packed the bleachers of a stadium in Mozambique on Thursday and listened to Francis tell them, “You are important! “You need to believe it,” Francis said to the raucous crowd at the Maxaquene Pavillon, in the capital, Maputo, where young Africans regaled him with songs and skits. “Not only are you the future of Mozambique, or of the church and of humanity. You are their present!” In the stands, Francisco Alfeu Chixango, 23, nodded and said that just seeing Francis would give the entire African church a shot in the arm. “The pope being here,” he said, “will help...
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Pope Francis in Africa: Is the continent the Catholic Church's great hope?
The growth in Africa is partly because its overall population is increasing faster than that of any other continent. However, there are other reasons - including the fact that by being part of the Catholic Church people are part of "a social institution that provides a lot of support and security in places where precarious living is very common and widespread," Ms Manglos-Weber says. "The Church provides hospitals, schools, [and] other social services. [These are ] things that post colonial governments in… Africa have had a difficult time providing on a widespread scale." The role of Catholics in offering such services "far surpasses what either Protestant churches or...
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Madagascar cardinal hopes Pope Francis will visit in 2019
VATICAN CITY (AP) - A cardinal from Madagascar says Pope Francis is expected to visit the African island nation...
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Pope highlights HIV-AIDS in visit to Mozambique hospital
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Pope Francis is wrapping up his visit to Mozambique by meeting with HIV-infected mothers and children at a...
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Pope Francis kicks off Africa tour in violence-hit Mozambique
Pope Francis arrives in Mozambique on Wednesday at the start of a three-nation tour of Indian Ocean African countries hard hit by poverty, conflict and natural disaster. He is expected to be welcomed by tens of thousands during his visit, which will culminate with a mass on Friday at the giant Zimpeto stadium in the seaside capital Maputo. Pope John Paul II was the last pontiff to visit Mozambique in 1988. In a video message recorded ahead of the trip, Pope Francis stressed the need for ......
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Vatican says pope will visit 3 African nations in September
Pope Francis will visit the African countries of Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius in early...
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Pope Francis 'Set For Southern Africa Trip'
Pope Francis is due to visit Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius in...
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Mozambique priest says pope to visit this year
Pope Francis reportedly joked with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi last September that he would visit Mozambique in 2019 "if I'm still alive" A senior Mozambican priest said Sunday that Pope Francis will visit the southern African nation this year, the...
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Vatican says Pope Francis will visit 3 African nations in September
VATICAN CITY --- Pope Francis will visit African countries Mozambique, Madagascar, and Mauritius in early...
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