John Paul II in Africa -2
East Africa Trips Gallery
2- Eastern Africa:
- Egypt, Feb. 24, 2000
Pope John Paul II
visited at the monastery of St. Catherine, at the base of Mount Sinai and in the
shadow of Mount Herob, at right. The pope journeyed to Mount Sinai to walk in
the footsteps of Moses at the place where God is said to have given him the Ten
Commandments.
Another goal of the
pope's three-day visit to Egypt was to try to overcome old rifts with Orthodox
Christians, who make up the largest religious minority in predominantly Muslim
Egypt.
- Uganda,
Sudan, Feb. 1993:
The pope spent a week visiting Benin, Uganda and Sudan
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Cameroon, Aug. 1985,
Sept. 1995: Ten years after his first visit
to Cameroon in 1985, the Pope made a trip that tested
the fabric that meshes the Church and the African continent's social and
political crises; he visited the capitals of Cameroon, South Africa, and Kenya.
- Chad,
Jan. 1990: The pope spent
a week in western Africa visiting Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso
and Chad.
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Central African Republic,
Aug. 1985: The pontiff toured
north and central Africa for eight days visiting Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon,
Republic of Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Morocco.
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai,
where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
Mount Sinai
Saint Catherine
Monastery
This peak has religious significance to Islam as the place where Mohammed's
horse, Boraq, ascended to heaven.
Uganda, 1993:
Africa:
http://mexicosiemprefiel.com/galeria/categories.php?cat_id=8&page=7
http://mexicosiemprefiel.com/galeria/categories.php?cat_id=8&page=21
http://mexicosiemprefiel.com/galeria/categories.php?cat_id=8&page=22
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/30/world/main575864.shtml
http://www.geographia.com/egypt/sinai/stcatherine.html