Pope Francis Embarks on First Papal Trip to Africa
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neneos/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis is slated to arrive in Kenya on Wednesday for his first papal visit to Africa.
The pope’s trip will include visits to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. In each country, he will stay in the Vatican embassy.
He will hold mass Thursday at the campus of the University of Nairobi, which can hold 300,000 people and two nearby parks that could contain another 100,000. In Kenya, Pope Francis will also visit the United Nations office in Nairobi.
The pope will meet with African youths and officials from each of the three nations he will visit. He will also make a trip to the Kangemi neighborhood in Nairobi, an impoverished area, home to about 500,000 people, and a refugee camp in the Central African Republic.
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