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Subscribe to RSSThe Pope's road show moves to Angola today. I like this photo because it conveys his bigger than life presence. Many critics claim that he is out of touch with the realities of Africa when it come to AIDS and contraception. Do you think these tours serve any constructive purpose?
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A woman carries bread rolls on her head as she walks past a poster of Pope Benedict XVI in Luanda, Angola, Friday March 20, 2009. As Pope Benedict XVI makes his first pilgrimage to the continent this week, the church faces enormous challenges. Yet the church has ballooned in the last century from under 2 million to nearly 140 milion, making it the most fertile ground in the world for Catholicism.