By Yesim Dikmen and Joshua McElweeKILAMBA, Angola, April 19 (Reuters) - Pope Leo urged Angolans on Sunday to overcome divisions after decades of bloody conflict in an address to an estimated 100,000 people who flocked to a Mass in a dirt field near the capital Luanda.In one of the biggest events of his four-nation Africa tour, the pope called Angola, which experienced a bloody, 27-year civil war from 1975 to 2002, a "beautiful yet wounded country."
Pope urges Angola to overcome divisions at Mass attended by 100,000 people
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