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Papal encouragement for Pan-African Catholic Congress

July 19, 2022

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CWN Editor's Note: “Africa is poetry,” Pope Francis said in a video address to the Pan-African Catholic Congress, meeting in Nairobi this week.

The Pope congratulated participants on their efforts “not only to meet challenging needs with certainty, but also to make African dreams come true.”

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