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Rwanda's Paul Kagame threatens to imprison catholic pilgrims who 'worship poverty'

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame at State House in Nairobi. [PCS]

Rwanda President Paul Kagame has threatened to arrest anyone who engages in the annual catholic pilgrimage activity that, according to him, aims at "worshiping poverty".

The activity which sees Catholics in Rwanda and others from all over the world travel by foot from one parish takes place on November 28.

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