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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI called on Catholics in Africa to strengthen their faith and hope in God and to be artisans of unity and reconciliation during his apostolic trips to Africa.The first visit in 2009, the 11th international trip of his pontificate, took Benedict to Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, from the 17 - 20 March and then to the Angolan capital Luanda from the 20 - 23 March 2009.
Before presenting the document to the bishops of Africa, he offered the example of St. Joseph and the Holy Family of Nazareth as a model for African families.Another high moment of the Apostolic voyage in Cameroon was the Pope’s meeting with the sick at the Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger Centre for disabled and disadvantaged youngsters in Yaoundé. He referred to it as “a powerful sign of the humanizing action of Christ’s message.
He told his audience they were not alone in their pain, for Christ is close to all who suffer. “He reveals to the sick and infirm their place in the heart of God and in society”, Benedict XVI said.In a meeting with the Special Council for Africa of the Synod of Bishops , Pope Benedict XVI recalled the intimate bond between Africa and Christianity. He said the continent was blessed by Our Lord Jesus himself.
“Look to the future with hope: trust in God; reconciliation is the fruit of inner change,” Benedict XVI said while speaking in Portuguese, Angola’s official language. The Pope called on all the faithful to realize that the Church, in Angola and throughout Africa, is meant to be a sign before the world of that unity to which the whole human family is called through faith in Christ the Redeemer.
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