Bangui: Protected by the heaviest security ever seen on his trips, Pope Francis preached reconciliation in the divided Central African Republic, a nation racked by bloodshed between Muslims and Christians. As the pope's Alitalia plane touched down from Uganda to start his first visit to a war zone, attack helicopters patrolled the skies and armoured personnel carriers from French and UN peacekeeping forces waited outside the airport. Special security forces wearing patches of the yellow and white colours of the Vatican flag were on hand to help his normal security retinue. In...
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