Bangui, Central African Republic: Pope Francis on Monday said Christians and Muslims were "brothers", urging them to reject hatred and violence while visiting a mosque in the Central African Republic's capital which has been ravaged by sectarian conflict. On the last leg of a three-nation tour of Africa, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholic visited a flashpoint Muslim neighbourhood in Bangui, where tensions remain high after months of violence on what was the most dangerous part of his 24-hour visit. Thousands of people gathered at the roadsides, cheering as his popemobile drove down the red dirt roads in a truly...
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