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President Mobutu Sese Seko...
President Mobutu Sese Seko...
During a speech in Zaire, for instance, the Pope urged the clergy to train citizens who are "enemies of corruption, of lies and of injustice." That brought a roar from the crowd, since those evils have long been evident in the government of Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko, who is a Catholic...
...middle of the din at N'jili International Airport outside Kinshasa, the capital of Zaïre, was Pope John Paul II. Occasionally mopping his brow with a handkerchief in the tropical humidity, he greeted President Mobutu Sese Seko and other dignitaries, then boarded an open Mercedes for the 15-mile motorcade into Kinshasa...
...President had changed his name from Joseph Désiré Mobutu, so it would seem less colonial and perhaps less Christian. But one could scarcely have discerned any political advantage in that from the joyous crowd of more than 1 million people packed along the entire route; their numbers and enthusiasm equaled the welcomes John Paul received in Mexico, Poland and the U.S. Many of the Zaïreans wore T shirts that depicted a brown-skinned Pontiff. On his way, the Pope repeated "Mvidi Mukulu" ("God bless...