{UAH} Fw : Over 250,000 at Pope's Wednesday general audience

--- En date de : Jeu 1.5.14, Yahoo! Merber Service. <ghkkolokolo@yahoo.fr> a écrit :

> De: Yahoo! Merber Service. <ghkkolokolo@yahoo.fr>
> Objet: Over 250,000 at Pope's Wednesday general audience
> À: uganda-at-heart@googlegroups.com
> Date: Jeudi 1 mai 2014, 1h18
> A quarter of a million pilgrims from
> all corners of the
> world were present yesteray ( Wednesday 30, April 2014 ) in
> St Peter's Square
> Rome to attend the pope's Wednesday general public audience
> in which
> he elaborated on the theme of the Holy Spirit's gift of
> intelligence.
> Thousands of pilgrims still in rome following last Sunday's
> hostorical canonization
> of two Popes returned to the Square for this public
> audience. Many African groups
> were present, and the most notable ones included Uganda,
> south Africa and Benin.
> thousands of individual African pilgrims were also part of
> the vast congregation.
> Ugandans watching live TV coverage were pleased to see their
> compatriots shining
> very proudly in  the Square with the national flag on
> the swing. The presence of Africans
> contributed to the veryu noisy ululations that filled the
> Square when the Pope appeared
> in his popemobile that moved gracefully among the great
> crowds. it took the Pope
> nearly thirty minutes to finish the whole trip!
> Crowds will indeed co,ti,ue to come to Rome at the approach
> of Ascension, Pentecost
> and the summer holidays.The double canonizations have given
> a new impetus to Rome
> and have increased Popê Francis's popularity within the
> Catholic Church and outside.
> And he's already the undisputed admiration of the entire
> African continent!
>
>
> Dr G.H. Kkolokolo  (Paris / France )