Pope lands in Central African Republic

“The spiritual leaders in Uganda have actually incited the Ugandan society against gay people”, said Anthony Musaala, a Catholic priest who was suspended in 2013 after a paper he wrote exposing alleged transgressions by Ugandan priests was leaked to the local press.

Francis leaves Uganda on Sunday for the Central African Republic for the final leg of his African journey. He urged the faithful to emulate the example of the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs.

“Central Africans know that the pope is a messenger of peace, and they hope that the message he is going to deliver to them will trigger a national awakening and awareness so that Central Africans learn to live together once again”, she said.

In an unusual break with papal trip protocol, Museveni didn’t offer welcoming remarks.

Believers react at Namugongo Martyrs’ Shrine during an open air mass held by Pope Francis on November 28, 2015.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Pope Francis is paying his respects to 19th century Ugandan Christians who were burnt alive rather than renounce their faith, the latest group of martyrs from around the world honored by Francis in hopes of giving today’s faithful missionary role models.

Kangemi is one of 11 slums dotting Nairobi, East Africa’s largest city.

“To deny a family water, under any bureaucratic pretext whatsoever, is a great injustice, especially when one profits from this need”, he said.

If security permits, Francis is scheduled to visit its mosque on the last leg of his three-nation Africa tour, his first visit to the continent.

Heart-breaking modern challenges to faith led Pope Francis to abandon the text he had prepared for an afternoon meeting with Ugandan youths.

The pope has frequently insisted on the need for the three “Ls” – land, labor and lodging – and on Friday he focused on lodging as a critical issue facing the world amid rapid urbanization that is helping to upset Earth’s delicate ecological balance. He was stabbed and killed by Muslim combatants and cut up into pieces, she said.

The C.A.R. government has deployed extra security forces, including United Nations peacekeepers, in an effort to ensure his safety during what may be the most unsafe country a Pope has visited in modern memory. His visited the slum of Kangemi, to show his support of the poor.

He called for a “respectful urban integration” with concrete initiatives to provide good quality housing for all.

“Some people don’t have toilets in their homes”, said Emily Night, a mother of two who works at the St. Joseph’s HIV counseling program. “Those that do, maybe 50 people are using it!”

Francis spoke off-the-cuff Friday to thousands of young people gathered in Nairobi’s Kasarani stadium, and reflected on problems raised by two young Kenyans, including tribalism, extremism and corruption, which is a major obstacle in Kenya.

It takes us to tribalism, corruption and drugs.

“Overcome difficulties, transform the negative into positive and pray”, Francis told the crowd.

She says she didn’t mind the mud or the rain that soaked her overnight. “That’s where the idea of being recruited comes from”, he said. “Please don’t develop that taste for that sugar which is called corruption”.

“I come to the Central African Republic as a pilgrim of peace and as an apostle of hope”, the pope said on his official Twitter feed as his plane touched down at around 10:00 am (0900 GMT) at Bangui’s worldwide airport where he was greeted by acting vehicle president Catherine Samba-Panza.