Mauritius
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| Capital | Port Louis |
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| Dialing code | +230 |
| Currency | Mauritian rupee |
| Population | 1. 265 million (2017) |
| Official language | English |
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| ID | 644998 |
About Mauritius
Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island nation, is known for its beaches, lagoons and reefs. The mountainous interior includes Black River Gorges National Park, with rainforests, waterfalls, hiking trails and wildlife like the flying fox. Capital Port Louis has sites such as the Champs de Mars horse track, Eureka plantation house and 18th-century Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens.
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Huge crowds attend Pope's mass in Madagascar
An estimated one million people attended a mass by Pope Francis on The Outskirts of Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, said the Vatican.
the faithful braved the windy dust, to ensure a place in the mass.
Catholics turned up early in The Morning for service at 10:00 a.m. (local time), to be sure, find a place.
Some even days before the camp.
On Sunday morning, not had wind for the Pope or the bishops to take part in the mass.
addressing the faithful, the Pope spoke out against what he called the patronage, which produces a few rich people, while the vast majority of them live in poverty.
"If 'family' is the ultimate criterion for what we consider right and good, we justify at the end, and even 'dedicate' practices, which lead to the culture of privilege and exclusion: Patronage, clientelism, and - as a Consequence - the Corruption ," he said in his sermon.
Many people wore white and Yellow - the colors of the Vatican, and some even receive communion while wearing a Pope-branded T-shirts.
Some have described it as the largest public Assembly in the history of Madagascar.
It is not, however, the Pope is the biggest meeting of its kind.
this record stands at six million people in Pope Francis celebrated mass in the.
Madagascar is the second part of his three-leg tour of Africa. He was already on a visit in Mozambique, and its next stop is Mauritius .
pope francis, roman catholic church, catholicism, madagascar
Source of news: bbc.com
