adminof Foreign Affairs Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and other top Government officials. The President, who is a Catholic, will join several Heads of State and Government who are set to attend the inauguration mass expected to attract thousands of people and will be watched by millions on television.
Soon after arrival, President Mugabe and the First Family were whisked to their hotel room.
Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis 1 last week becoming the first Latin American Pontiff. He replaced the 85-year-old Benedict XVI who resigned.
President Mugabe visited the Vatican in 2011 for the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II.
In 2005, he attended Pope John Paul II’s funeral.
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