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Pope warns Kenyans against "sugar of corruption"

Youths turned up in large numbers at the Safaricom Stadium in Kasarani to to listen to Pope Francis.

Nairobi: Pope Francis urged young Kenyans on Friday not to succumb to the sweet lure of corruption, and urged them to help those tempted by "fanatical" ideologies.

Scrapping a prepared script, the Latin American pope addressed a packed Nairobi stadium with the down-to-earth and spontaneous style that has endeared him to Catholics and others around the world.

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