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Legio Maria popes cast out demons of division

Pope Romanus Ong'ombe and Pope Raphael Adika meet for the first time in ten years at St Michael Kwayo Mapera Legio Maria Church on May 19, 2019. The two leaders have announced that they are burying their differences. [ Standard]

Followers of one of the oldest indigenous churches in Kenya are ardently praying that its two leaders will finally agree on who is the rightful pope.

Started in 1963 by Simeo Ondeto and Gaundencia Aoko after they were excommunicated by the Catholic Church, Legio Maria rapidly spread in Nyanza and Western regions, thanks to its blend of African traditions and Catholicism.

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