Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

visited

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from 25 to 27 November 2015.APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO KENYA, UGANDA AND THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
/ref> It was his first state and pastoral visit to the country and the continent of Africa at large. Francis is the second pontiff to visit Kenya after

John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

who visited Kenya 3 times. In his visit, he met the president of the Republic of Kenya,

Uhuru Kenyatta Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. Kenyatta was chosen by Daniel Arap Moi as his preferred successor, but Kenyatta was defeated by opposition le ...

, held meetings with various members of the clergy, held an open mass at the

University of Nairobi The University of Nairobi (uonbi or UoN; ) is a collegiate research university based in Nairobi. It is the largest university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 1956, it did not become an independent univer ...

and visited a poor slum neighbourhood of

Kangemi Kangemi is a slum in Kenya located, like many other slums in Nairobi, on the outskirts of the city. It is bordered on the north by the middle-class neighbourhoods of Loresho and Kibagare and Westlands on its west. Its southern border connects wi ...

. As a result of his visit, most of the roads in Nairobi were closed on Thursday and parts of Friday

Schedule

The Pope's 3 day schedule as published on the Vatican website a
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Wednesday, 25 November 2015

The Pope arrived at

JKIA Jomo Kenyatta International Airport , is an international airport in Nairobi, the capital of and largest city in Kenya. The other three important international airports in Kenya include the Kisumu International Airport, Moi International Airp ...

at 1335 GMT.

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Thursday was declared a public holiday by the President

Friday, 27 November 2015

Security

A total of 10,000 police officers were deployed to secure the Pope's visit.

Closed roads

In a televised press release, Inspector General of Police, Joseph Boinnet informed the public about road closures during the visit.No public holiday in Kenya during Pope Francis’s
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References

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