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Qatar Airways Unveils Seven New Destinations And 11 Resumptions

Simple Flying 07 Mar 2023

... Airport, we can find Juba, Kinshasa, and Toulouse.

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Burundi Troops Arrive In DR Congo

MENA FN 05 Mar 2023

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) AFP Goma. Thirty Burundian soldiers landed at Goma airport in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to join an international force helping Kinshasa tackle the ... .

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Rare lost Lamborghini Countach found in a garage sells for �850,000

Metro UK 06 Feb 2023

A stunning 1970s Lamborghini lost for decades and uncovered in a garage has sold for more than £850,000 (Picture. KevinVanCampenhout/ArtCurial/BNPS) ... KevinVanCampenhout/ArtCurial/BNPS) ... More. Money ... Pope Francis (L) waves as he arrives on his famed ‘Popemobile’ for a mass at the N’Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (Picture. AFP) ... ....

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The week in pictures: Sunday February 5, 2023

The Times/The Sunday Times 05 Feb 2023

Old Masters. Lily likes the look of paintings featuring her furry friends in the Christie’s sale entitled An Opulent Aesthetic ... FRANK AUGSTEIN/AP ... Sponsored ... Pope Francis watches traditional dancers at Kinshasa’s Pentecost Martyrs Stadium during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo ... Catholics welcome Pope Francis at Ndolo airport in Kinshasa ... .

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Pope urges Congolese youth to build better future

The Manila Times 03 Feb 2023

Kinshasa, DR Congo ... Francis later on Thursday met Congolese Prime Minister Sama Lukonde at the Apostolic Nunciature in Kinshasa, the Holy See's diplomatic delegation ... On Wednesday, the pope hosted a mass at Kinshasa's airport that organizers said drew about a million people, some of whom had camped out all night to get a spot.

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Pope Francis takes peace mission to S. Sudan after DR Congo

Korea Times 03 Feb 2023

Pope Francis waves at well-wishers before meeting with bishops in Kinshasa, Congo, Friday Feb ... Francis also hosted a mega-mass at Kinshasa's airport and implored young Congolese to shun corruption, at a packed stadium event attended by tens of thousands.

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Pope wraps up Congo visit, heads to volatile South Sudan

FX Empire 03 Feb 2023

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Pope ... After a meeting with Congolese bishops in Kinshasa on Friday morning and a farewell ceremony at the airport, his plane is scheduled to take off at 0940 GMT, heading for Juba, the capital of South Sudan, where it is expected to land around 1300 GMT.

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Pope Francis meets young people in landmark DR Congo visit

Independent online (SA) 03 Feb 2023

... on during the welcome ceremony at Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, today ... On the second day of his trip, the pope hosted a mass at Kinshasa's airport that organisers said drew about a million people, some of whom had camped out all night to get a spot.

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Pope Francis takes Africa peace mission to S.Sudan after DR Congo

Manila Standard 03 Feb 2023

The visit follows a three-day stop in Kinshasa, the capital of neighbouring DR Congo, where a bloody conflict in the mineral-rich east was high on the pope’s agenda ... Francis also hosted a mega-mass at Kinshasa’s airport and implored young Congolese to shun corruption, at a packed stadium event attended by tens of thousands ... ....

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South Sudan violence kills 27 on eve of pope’s visit

Al Jazeera 03 Feb 2023

The incident happened on Thursday, according to a local official ... Violence broke out after fighters from a rebel group killed six people from a herding community ... Pope Francis wrapped up an emotional visit to the DRC on Friday, after a meeting with Congolese bishops in Kinshasa and attending a farewell ceremony at the airport ... (Al Jazeera) ... .

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Pope Francis tells leaders of troubled South Sudan: Enough!

Stars and Stripes 03 Feb 2023

JUBA, South Sudan — Pope Francis had waited years to visit one of the world's most troubled countries, with one planned trip scuttled because of the coronavirus pandemic, another because of knee pain ... Enough! ... Rev ... In Kinshasa, ecstatic crowds filled stadiums and airport fields, or staked out spots along the road just to catch a glimpse ... .

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One million attend Pope’s mass in DR Congo

Dawn 02 Feb 2023

KINSHASA ... Many of the faithful in Kinshasa, a deeply observant megacity of some 15 million people, began to arrive at Ndolo airport on Tuesday night to assure themselves of a spot. Pope Francis entered the airport grounds aboard his popemobile and was greeted by singing and dancing crowds before the mass began at around 9.30am.

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‘Hands off Africa!’: Pope blasts foreign plundering of Congo

The Grio 02 Feb 2023

Tens of thousands of people lined the main road into the capital, Kinshasa, to welcome Francis after he landed at the airport, some standing three or four deep, with children in school uniforms taking the front row ... Jean-Louis Mopina, 47, said he walked about 45 minutes to Kinshasa’s airport before the pope’s arrival on Tuesday.

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Wed. 8:21 a.m.: Before a crowd of 1 million, Pope urges Congolese to forgive

The Vindicator 02 Feb 2023

Pope Francis arrives at Ndolo airport today to celebrate Holy Mass, in >Kinshasa, Congo ... KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis urged Congo’s people today to forgive those who have harmed them as he presided over a Mass before an estimated 1 million people in a country wracked by decades of violence.

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The Irish Times view on the Pope’s visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Irish Times 02 Feb 2023

“Brothers and sisters,” Francis said in his homily to over a million rapturous faithful in Kinshasa airport on Wednesday, “we need to find room in our hearts for everyone; to believe that ethnic, regional, social and religious differences are secondary...that others are our brothers and sisters.”.