The pope noted that “the nation has been blessed in its people: its strong families, its young and its elderly.”

Pope Francis first hit out hard against “the dreadful injustice of urban exclusion” when he visited the one of the city’s many slums and, an hour later at a rally with young people, he slammed corruption and tribalism.

Pope Francis said he hopes this gathering "will achieve a global and transformational" agreement.

Pope Francis celebrated his first Mass in Africa today in a truly festive atmosphere marked by the sound of drums the singing of 10 choirs the ululating of women and the rhythmic movement of thousands of Kenyans as they danced to the music It was an unforgettable sight and Francis clearly enjoye

Pope Francis received an enthusiastic welcome when he stepped for the first time on African soil.

A short commercial, entitled “Just Pray” and made by the Church of England, is now banned by a leading movie theatre chain on the grounds that the script it uses, the words of the Lord’s Prayer, might be “offensive” to people of other faiths or of no faith.