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Dreaming of peace, DR Congo faithful flock to see pope

Dreaming of peace, DR Congo faithful flock to see pope

KINSHASHA: One hope united many of the people streaming to see Pope Francis perform mass in DR Congo's capital on Wednesday -- that his presence could at last bring peace to the war-wracked east of the African country.“The war will stop... thanks to the pope’s prayer,“ said Eulalie Nzinga, 63, who got up at 4:00 am to make sure of a space at the airport in the capital Kinshasa, where up to a million people are tipped to attend Pope Francis’s mass.“I’m sick, but I know that as the pope is here, everything will be ok,“ said Nzinga, who brought her 13-year-old granddaughter along to the N’Dolo airport in the east of the city.The hope for peace was echoed by many worshippers in a country where conflict has raged in the mineral-rich east for nearly 30 years.“The pope will bring us peace,“ Josee Mandjo, 50, told AFP late on Tuesday as he prepared to spend the night in Ndolo along with thousands of others.As the sun rose, crowds of people streamed into the venue. At 6:00 am, many of the chair

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