Vatican City, 27 November 2015 (VIS) –
After visiting the shantytown of Kangemi, Francis transferred by car
to the Karasani stadium, situated 22 km outside Nairobi, in order to
meet with the young people of Kenya. He gave an extemporaneous
address in Spanish, in the form of answers to questions from those
present, on issues such as tribalism, the recruitment of child
soldiers, and the abandonment of families, and urged them not to give
up when faced with difficulties but instead to consider them as an
opportunity to overcome the situations that gave rise to them,
emphasising the two pillars essential in this respect: education and
work.
After his discourse, to be published
tomorrow, Saturday, the Pope met with the bishops of Kenya in the
stadium and then proceeded to the apostolic nunciature of Nairobi
where he lunched. From there he travelled to the airport, where he
was awaited by President Uhuru Kenyatta, and boarded his flight for
Entebbe, the capital of Uganda, the second country to be visited by
the Pope on his apostolic trip in Africa. This afternoon he is
expected to visit the Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in
his official residence, and will then address the civil and religious
authorities and the diplomatic corps. The Holy Father's day will
conclude with an encounter with catechists and teachers at the shrine
of Munyonyo, where Uganda's first four martyrs were killed in 1886.
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