"Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Benin on Friday, marking his second visit to Africa in a heartland of voodoo and warning against "unconditional submission" to the laws of the market and finance.
Thousands of residents welcomed Benedict, including women wearing skirts with his picture, and crowds cried out to him as he traveled through the economic capital Cotonou by popemobile.
The three-day visit will culminate with a mass on Sunday in a stadium in Cotonou and also take the 84-year-old pontiff to Ouidah, a city heavy with symbolism as a centre of voodoo and which served as a major slave trading port."
Thousands of residents welcomed Benedict, including women wearing skirts with his picture, and crowds cried out to him as he traveled through the economic capital Cotonou by popemobile.
The three-day visit will culminate with a mass on Sunday in a stadium in Cotonou and also take the 84-year-old pontiff to Ouidah, a city heavy with symbolism as a centre of voodoo and which served as a major slave trading port."
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