Shun ethnic rivalry and corruption, pope tells African youth
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Pope urges Congo youth to reject corruption and they respond
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis led Congo’s young people in a rousing denunciation of political corruption on Thursday, turning an otherwise scripted meeting with church catechists into a rally that shook the capital’s sports stadium. Francis was repeatedly interrupted as some of the 65,000 people in Kinshasa’s Martyrs’ Stadium took up his call to say “No” to corruption and turned it into a demand for Congo's president to not run for a secon…
Pope rallies Congo's youth, and gets a thunderous response
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Deafening cheers and chants greeted Francis on his last full day in Congo as he joined tens of thousands of young people at the Martyrs’ Stadium in the capital, Kinshasa. The Vatican said more than 65,000 people attended. The post Pope rallies Congo’s youth, and gets a thunderous response appeared first on Religion News Service.
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