Benedict XVI on first African tour

  1. Posted on Friday 20 March 2009 - 14:38
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    Elisabeth Benkam, VoicesofAfrica alumna, Yaounde, Cameroon
    In his ongoing three-day stay in Cameroon, Pope Benedict XVI is meeting the country's political authorities, representatives of national bishops' conferences in other African countries, the Catholic clergy in Cameroon, and the representatives of other religions established in Cameroon.
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    He will also visit the Disabilities National Centre in Yaoundé celebrate a popular mass at Amadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaoundé and at Basilica of Mvolyé in yaoundé.

    This report shows how the pope was received by Yaoundé residents for his first Africa tour.

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