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Less than a month to Pope Francis’ maiden visit to Africa, The Standard on Sunday’s writer Daniel Wesangula caught up with the pontiff’s local representative, Archbishop Charles Balvo, for a conversation on the significance of the Pope’s visit to the continent. This will be the fourth papal visit to the country. Local authorities are planning for at least a million people to join the Holy Father at the University of Nairobi grounds for a mass. The Catholic Church, which is organising the pastoral side of the visit, expects at least 1.5 million faithful to be in the city when the Pope arrives.
QUESTION: Of what significance is the Pope’s visit to the Catholic nation?
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