Huge crowds greet Pope Francis for Mass in Democratic Republic of Congo – BBC News

Pope Francis has celebrated one of his biggest Masses, with about a million attendees in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, estimates say.

Huge crowds started to gather in Kinshasa well before dawn, including scores of schoolgirls dressed in white who danced along the Pope's route.

About half of DR Congo's population is Catholic - the largest Catholic community in Africa.

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[JhanSnow]

God bless my Congolese brothers and sisters, love from Philippines 🇵🇭

[footballheaven]

Christianity spreading every where in the world... long live Christianity

[emiliobello]

Wonderful that he came to Democratic People’s Republic of Congo. He also visited Central African Republic. What will be the next African country he visits? Maybe he would go to Rwanda 30 years after the Rwandan Genocide and pay respects to the victims

[ameremortal]

Gotta keep marketing. A business doesn’t run itself after all.

[priceandpride]

Just like Cuba but they didn’t give a crap about the pope’s religion

[juliehughes]

500, 000 UK strikers out today, largest in decades, and as usual not a peep from the BBC.

[OyaRevolutionary]

Afrika will continue to remain impoverished bc we bow down to foreign religions. It’s so disheartening 😢

[thecultofjohnnydelr.soulsw]

They need saving after all the inhumane sh#t I have seen going around.

The most dangerous country in the world.

[jesushasrisen]

The Glory belongs to God alone and not fallible man. God have mercy on those who follow men.

[franckranaivo]

🌿💞🇻🇦✝️🇻🇦💞🌿DIEU PROTÈGEZ🌿⛑💐💮 VOTRE VICAIRE AUTHENTIQUE 🌻🌸🌺ET UNIQUE SUR LA TERRE💞🇻🇦💞, LE SOUVERAIN PONTIFE ROMAIN🌻🇻🇦🌻 RÉGNANT, SA SAINTETÉ🌿🇻🇦🌿 LE PAPE !!!

[smileygladhands]

This looks weird for some reason. I can't quite place my finger on it though.

[okwyntupac]

When will my people be totally free from all evill of colonialism.

[nikskin]

Democratic…. Lol. Does the pope condemn electric cars and the mining of cobalt by Congolese children?

[emiliobello]

I love Pope Francis. You all should check out the series Pope Francis stories Of A Generation and the movie Pope Francis A Man Of His Word

[henny]

So hard to watch. When will they wake up.

[codenameconovers]

Waiting on the pope to fix Africa isn’t the solution 🤦🏾‍♂️

[robertshaw]

648 people die per day, 19, 444 per month or 233.333 per year for the past 11, 000 days since 1993 at 7 million for 30 years. DR of Congo at 100 million in a minute this year current 97m, Africa 1.43 billion people to be mined for a few bucks a day wage. Especially here.

[gointruth]

“Do not call any man on earth ‘father’; for you have one Father and he is in heaven. Nor must you be called ‘teacher’; you have one Teacher, the Messiah.” – (The Prophet and Messiah Jesus of Nazareth at Matthew 23: 9-10) –

[zxpalpha]

Don't forget that Catholic church was responsible for the most murders ever. I wonder what would happen if the Congo Republic knew that

[auro]

bbc sends pope for mining and agricultural activities again