2007-01-31 13:32:00 · 3 answers · asked by Dew s 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Pope John Paul II was the first Pope to visit Africa.
May 2, 1980
Fifth pastoral visit outside Italy: Zaire, Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast (May 2–12)
February 12, 1982
10th foreign pastoral visit: Nigeria, Benin, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea (February 12–19).
August 8, 1985
27th foreign pastoral visit: Togo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Republic of Central Africa, Zaire, Kenya, Morocco (August 8–19).
April 28, 1989
41st pastoral visit outside Italy: Madagascar, Reunion, Zambia and Malawi (April 28–May 6).
January 25, 1990
45th pastoral visit outside Italy: to Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad (January 25–February 1).
September 1, 1990
49th pastoral visit outside Italy: to Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Ivory Coast (September 1–10).
February 19, 1992
54th pastoral visit outside Italy: to Senegal, Gambia and Guinea (February 19–26).
February 3, 1993
57th pastoral visit outside Italy: to Benin, Uganda and Khartoum, Sudan (February 3–10). John Paul II announces that the Synod for Africa will be held in the Vatican in 1994
September 14, 1995
67th foreign pastoral visit: to Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa for conclusion of Synod for Africa, September 14–20. In Yaoundé, Cameroon, the signing of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Africa (The Church in Africa), the first time a document is signed outside the Vatican.
April 14, 1996
One-day visit to Tunisia: 70th foreign trip.
March 21–23, 1998
Holy Father leaves for Nigeria, 82nd foreign pastoral trip.
February 24–26, 2000
Foreign pastoral visit to Egypt, including Mount Sinai, is the Pope’s 90th.
2007-01-31 18:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
POPE'S VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA
The African National Congress welcomes the Pope to South Africa. A visit of this nature is of great significance to our people and country.
Pope John Paul II has been to this part of the world before. The ANC's late President Oliver Tambo met with the Pope at the Vatican in the late 1980's, prior to the first visit by the Pope to Southern Africa.
Pope John Paul always condemned the system of apartheid. He called apartheid 'a racist vision of human inequality; a violation of human dignity and Christianity'.
The Pope advocated the release of ANC leader President Nelson Mandela ile he w imprisoned on Robben Island. He stressed that only a negotiated settlement of differences could bring true peace and justice to South Africa.
The visit to South Africa by the Head of the Catholic Church is an important testimony to the fact that our country has normalized its relations with the rest of the world.
2007-01-31 23:16:02 · answer #2 · answered by chooky 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There have been three African popes:
• St. Victor I (189-199)
• St. Melchiades (311-314)
• St. Gelasius (492-496)
I sure at least one of them went home for a visit.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-01 01:43:09 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋