Papal visit to Africa

epa01672959 Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd as he arrives to celebrate a mass in Cimangola, Luanda, Angola, 22 March 2009. After starting his first trip to Africa in Cameroon, Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Angola on 20 March on the second leg of his week-long maiden trip as pontiff to the continent. In what was billed as the high point of his three- day visit to the southern African country, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air mass Sunday 22 March in Angola's capital Luanda in front of hundreds of thousands of worshippers. Benedict was joined by southern African bishops in saying the mass on the Cimangola Esplanade at the entry to the city. The celebration was overshadowed by the deaths on 21 March of two youths in a stampede at a sports stadium in Luanda, where the pope addressed thousands of youth. EPA/CIRO FUSCO

A collapsed girl is brought to medical attention by Angolan volunteers on March 22, 2009 during a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI on the Cimangola esplanade in Luanda in front of several hundreds of thousands of worshippers. The pope denounced \"the evil of war, the murderous fruits of tribalism and ethnic rivalry,\" but encouraged Angola's Catholics \"to be the builders of a better tomorrow for your beloved country.\" AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

A mounted Angolan soldier controls a crowd of people after Pope Benedict XVI gave Mass in the city of Luanda, Angola, Sunday, March 22, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass Sunday with an estimated 1 million Angolans and decried the \"clouds of evil\" over Africa that have spawned war, tribalism and ethnic rivalry that reduce poor people to slavery. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

People try to see Pope Benedict XVI celebrating mass in front of hundreds of thousands gathered on Cimangola esplanade in Luanda on the fourth day of his six-days visit to Africa on March 22, 2009. The pope expressed \"deep sorrow\" for the March 21 deaths of two girls in a stampede, as hundreds of thousands of Angolans joined an outdoor mass on March 22 in the biggest event of his African tour. The event was far more orderly than the raucous reception the pope received at a Luanda stadium on March 21, when two girls were killed and 40 injured in a stampede when the venue's gates opened for 30,000 youths who came to hear him speak. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in procession for a mass at the Cimangola open ground in the outskirts of Luanda March 22, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ANGOLA RELIGION IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

A girl reacts as Pope Benedict XVI arrives at a gathering for youth in the city of Luanda , Angola, Saturday, March 21, 2009 .Pope Benedict XVI appealed to the Catholics of Angola on Saturday to reach out to and convert believers in witchcraft who feel threatened by \"spirits\" and \"evil powers\" of sorcery.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI meets faithful during his visit in Luanda, Angola, Saturday, March 21, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI appealed to the Catholics of Angola on Saturday to reach out to and convert believers in witchcraft who feel threatened by ``spirits'' and ``evil powers'' of sorcery. (AP Photo/ L' Osservatore Romano, ho)

epa01672450 Members of the crowd as they wait for Pope Benedict XVI address in the 'Dos Coqueiros' Stadium in Luanda, Angola, 21 March 2009. After starting his first trip to Africa in Cameroon, Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Angola on 20 March on the second leg of his week-long maiden trip as pontiff to the continent. Pope Benedict XVI on 21 March called for the further evangelization of the African continent on the second day of his first visit to Angola. EPA/CIRO FUSCO

Pope Benedict XVI watches Angolan dancers performing on the podium of Coqueiros stadium on March 21, 2009 in Luanda. Pope Benedict XVI issued a warning against witchcraft today during his visit to Angola, after calling on African leaders to battle corruption and drawing a tough line against abortion. AFP PHOTO/ CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

epa01671254 Pope Benedict XVI (Background)looks on as some twenty people representing three generations of the pygmies people: grandparents, parents and children present a dance for him, before he leaves the nunciature for Angola, in Yaounde, Cameroon, 20 March 2009, After starting his first trip to Africa in Cameroon, Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Angola on 20 March on the second leg of his week-long maiden trip as pontiff to the continent which has been overshadowed by his controversial remarks about condoms. Benedict touched down in Angola's capital Luanda around lunchtime. He was scheduled to meet with the president of 30 years, Eduardo dos Santos. EPA/ OSSERVATORE ROMANO /POOL

Religious dignitaries wait for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI at the airport in Yaounde where he will fly to Angola for the next stage of his African tour on March 20, 2009. The International AIDS Society today condemned Pope Benedict XVI's denunciation of condoms as outrageous and insulting, warning that his comments could fuel HIV infection in devout Africa. AFP PHOTO/ ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)

Nuns from the St. John Community in Cameroon react as the plane carrying Pope Benedict XVI takes off, at the airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, Friday, March 20, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI departed for Angola Friday on the second leg of his first papal visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A woman carrying bread rolls on her head walks past a poster of Pope Benedict XVI in Luanda, Angola, Friday March 20, 2009. As Pope Benedict XVI makes his first pilgrimage to the continent this week the church faces enormous challenges. Yet the church has ballooned in the last century from under 2 million to nearly 140 milion making it the most fertile ground in the world for Catholicism. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

epa01671293 Pope Benedict XVI (L) is welcomed by President of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, as he arrives at Luanda International airport, in Luanda, Angola, 20 March 2009. After starting his first trip to Africa in Cameroon, Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Angola on 20 March on the second leg of his week-long maiden trip as pontiff to the continent which has been overshadowed by his controversial remarks about condoms. Benedict touched down in Angola's capital Luanda around lunchtime. He was scheduled to meet with the president of 30 years, Eduardo dos Santos. EPA/JOAO RELVAS

Priests traditionally dressed attend a mass given by Pope Benedict XVI at the Amadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde on March 19, 2009, the third day of his 6-day visit to Africa. Pope Benedict XVI held the first giant mass of his Africa tour, expressing solidarity with the continent's refugees and poor while steering clear of the international furore caused by his opposition to condoms. AFP PHOTO/ ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful as he celebrates a Mass in the Amadou Ahidjo stadium, in Yaounde, Cameroon, Thursday, March 19, 2009. The pontiff is in Africa for a seven-day trip that will take him to Cameroon and Angola. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

An African woman wears a cross outside of the Amadou Ahidjo stadium, where Pope Benedict XVI gave mass, in Yaounde on March 19, 2009, the third day of his 6-day visit to Africa. Pope Benedict XVI held the first giant mass of his Africa tour, expressing solidarity with the continent's refugees and poor while steering clear of the international furore caused by his opposition to condoms. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

A nun waits on the stands of the Amadou Ahidjo stadium for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI to celebrates a mass, in Yaounde, Cameroon, Thursday, March 19, 2009. The pontiff is in Africa for a seven-day trip that will take him to Cameroon and Angola. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Faithful rejoice as the sun bursts through dark thunder clouds during a heavy rain storm moments after Pope Benedict XVI arrived at the basilica to celebrate Vespers in Cameroon's capital Yaounde March 18, 2009. The Vatican on Wednesday defended Pope Benedict's opposition to the use of condoms to stop the spread of AIDS as activists, doctors and politicians criticised it as unrealistic, unscientific and dangerous. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (CAMEROON RELIGION ENVIRONMENT HEALTH)

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Vespers at the Mary Queen of Apostles Basilica in Yaounde, Cameroon Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI set down strategy for his church in Africa on Wednesday, telling Cameroon's bishops to protect the traditional values of the African family and to spare the poor from the impact of globalization. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Pope Benedict XVI leaves on his popemobile after he celebrated a Vesper ceremony in the \"Marie Reigne des Apotres\", basilica, in Yaounde , Cameroon, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. The pontiff is in Africa for a seven-day trip that will take him to Cameroon and Angola. (AP Photo / Andrew Medichini)

Crowds cheer and wave to Pope Benedict XVI as he leaves the airport in Yaounde, Cameroon Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cameroon Tuesday on his first trip to Africa, the fastest-growing region for the Roman Catholic church. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An African clergyman kisses Pope Benedict XVI's ring as the pope arrives at the airport in Yaounde, Cameroon Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cameroon Tuesday on his first trip to Africa, the fastest-growing region for the Roman Catholic church. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A Cameroonian woman holds up a cloth patterned with portraits of Pope Benedict XVI (L) and Cameroonian President Paul Biya (R) at the airport in Yaounde on March 17, 2009 on the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope brought the \"Christian message of hope\" to Africa as he arrived in Cameroon today at the start of his first visit to the world's poorest continent as pontiff. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd upon his arrival at Younde airport on March 17, 2009, on the first day of a six-day visit in Africa. Pope Benedict XVI brought the \"Christian message of hope\" to Africa as he arrived in Cameroon today at the start of his first visit to the world's poorest continent as pontiff. AFP PHOTO/ CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Sister Virginia Amena grins moments after Pope Benedict XVI shook her hand and gave her his blessing upon his arrival in Cameroon's capital Yaounde March 17, 2009. Pope Benedict arrived in Africa on Tuesday on his first trip to the continent as pontiff, seeking support for the continent during the world economic crisis and hoping to encourage peace and help tackle corruption. The Pope began his two-nation tour in Cameroon, where workers whitewashed walls, and rubble-strewn pavements were swept and cleared of street hawkers in last-minute preparations. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (CAMEROON RELIGION SOCIETY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)