Pope Benedict XVI Visits Africa

Faithful attend a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at the Amadou Ahidjo stadium, in Yaounde , Cameroon, Thursday, March 19, 2009.
Andrew Medichini / ap

Mass Gathering
Some 60,000 people were thought to hear Pope Benedict XVI celebrate his first open-air Mass in Africa. In his address, the Pope said Africa was "a continent of hope" but it was at risk from those seeking to "impose the tyranny of materialism."

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