Thursday, July 25, 2013

ZIARA YA BABA MTAKATIFU FRANCIS NCHINI BRAZIL KATIKA PICHA

Pope Francis addressed social tensions that have fueled protests across Brazil during a visit to an impoverished slum Thursday, calling on young people to rise above the country's endemic corruption.


Visiting Brazilian Slum, Francis Targets Social Tensions Underlying Recent Protests.
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Pope Francis walked with the Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro Orani Joao Tempesta around Varghina, a neighborhood in northern Riothat iss part of a super-violent region known by locals as the Gaza Strip.
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Pilgrims from Argentina cheered during the visit to the Varginha slum. It was one of the highlights of Francis' weeklong trip to Brazil, his first as pope and one seemingly tailor-made for the first pontiff from the Americas.
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Police stood guard as they waited for the arrival of Francis to the Varginha slum.
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In remarks to a crowd of several thousand Varghina residents gathered in a muddy soccer field, Francis acknowledged that young people in particular have a sensitivity toward injustice. 'Never yield to discouragement,don'tt lose trust,don'tt allow your hope to be extinguished. Situations can change, people can change.'
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Despite heavy security and a cold rain, Francis waded into the cheering crowds and hugged and kissed residents young and old before blessing the altar of the shoe box of a church that serves the community.
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Catholic youths awaited in Copacabana.
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People lined the roads to greet the pope.
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Also Thursday, Francis blessed the Olympic flag ahead of the Rio 2016 Summer Games, at the City Palace in Rio.
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On Wenesday, Francis kissed the 15-inch-tall statue of the Virgin of Aparecida, the 'Black Mary,' before celebrating a public Mass.
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Members of the clergy listened to Francis, center right. He urged Catholics to resist the 'ephemeral idols' of money, power and pleasure.
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Pilgrims waited in the rain. The shrine has great meaning to this pontiff, who has entrusted his papacy to the Virgin Mary and, like many Catholics in Latin America, places great importance in Marian devotion.
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The pope arrived early Wednesday at the shrine in southeastern Brazil.
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Rescue workers helped a devotee who fainted at the shrine.
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On Monday, Pope Francis greeted a crowd in Rio de Janeiro. He is in Brazil for World Youth Day, a church event that brings together young Catholics from around the world roughly every three years.
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Riot police fired rubber bullets Monday at demonstrators during clashes near Rio's Guanabara government palace, where the pope was officially welcomed. Several protests were scheduled throughout the day, including an evening one by hacker-activist group Anonymous.
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The crowd of faithful waived as Francis rode by aboard his popemobile in downtown Rio.
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Demonstrators gathered in the Machado square, near Rio's Guanabara palace.
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Pope Francis sat with Brazil President Dilma Rousseff after a welcoming ceremony in Guanabara Palace.
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Masked protesters walked arm in arm as they shouted antigovernment slogans outside Guanabara Palace.
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A photographer received first aid after being injured during clashes between Police and antigovernment protesters outside the government palace.
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Francis held a baby during the a parade through downtown Rio de Janeiro.
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Pope Francis waved to onlookers as he arrived at an airport in Rio de Janeiro Monday.
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Ms. Rousseff greeted Francis, who arrives in Brazil amid tense times. Protests have been held across the country against the government's plans to raise public-transportation tariffs and to spend billions to host events, such as the 2014 World Cup.
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People awaited Francis' arrival. Millions are expected to see him for this year's World Youth Day festival in Brazil.
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Catholics held Chilean, Venezuelan and Colombian flags as they waited to catch a glimpse of the pope in an open-top vehicle—a change from his predecessors' the bulletproof 'popemobile.'
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Francis walked with Ms. Rousseff across the tarmac upon his arrival at the airport.
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