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Pope’s Mass for more than 100,000 in Cameroon highlights Catholicism’s growth in Africa

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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has presided over his largest Mass during his trip to Africa, with more than 100,000 people turning out for a liturgy in Douala, Cameroon. A sprawling crowd, which local authorities estimated to be at 120,000, gathered in the car park of the Japoma Stadium, greeting the American pope with singing and dancing, holding up banners welcoming the pontiff and waving Vatican flags. Many of those at the Mass…

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Pope’s Mass for more than 100,000 in Cameroon highlights Catholicism’s growth in Africa

Pope Leo XIV has presided over his largest Mass during his trip to Africa, with more than 100,000 people turning out for a liturgy in Douala, Cameroon.

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