The Vatican is expecting about 600 000 to throng the streets around Japoma Stadium to be part of the celebration and hear an address from the pope, who has become outspoken on war and inequality and drawn the ire of United States President Donald Trump.
Amid a heavy security presence, some Cameroonians made their way to the stadium on Thursday, sleeping there overnight so they could witness Pope speak in person.
“It was difficult, the cold, the mosquitoes and everything,” said one participant, Kevin Kaegam.
“But since we want to see the supreme pontiff, we had no choice.”
Pope on Thursday criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and, in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon, said the world was “being ravaged by a handful of tyrants”.
–Reuters–
