One million people to attend Papal Mass in Nairobi

Reverend Sister Ida Lagonegro, the community Superior of the Dimesse Sisters Community in Kangemi shows the vestments to be used by Pope Francis in the Papal Mass within Kangemi. (Photo:Reuters)

Kenya's capital Nairobi will be covered in a sea of humanity for three days in November when at least a million people flock into the city to celebrate Mass with the global head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis.

State House Nairobi, the seat of government in Kenya, is planning for "at least a million people" to join the Holy Father at the University of Nairobi grounds for Mass "with spillover into Uhuru Park, Central Park and Uhuru Highway". 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 comes.