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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Metz and Jean-Fernand Koena

Catholics remember Pope Francis as a friend of Africa, with some setting theology aside

Central African Republic’s capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis’ 2015 visit, its streets haunted by fear and division.

Yet, there was the open-air popemobile driving through a Muslim-majority neighborhood of Bangui, a zone off-limits to Christians, with the pope crossing a line many feared amid a yearslong civil war.

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