![Pope Francis waves as he arrives at the Kangemi slums on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi Pope Francis waves as he arrives at the Kangemi slums on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pope-francis-kenya1.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![TOPSHOTS-KENYA-VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE TOPSHOTS A man reads a copy of the "Catholic Mirror" newspaper next to pictures of Pope Francis at the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi November 22, 2015. The Saint Joseph parish of the Kenyan capital Nairobi is expected to host a mass led by Pope Francis, who arrives in Kenya in two-days on a historic visit to East and Central Africa. Pope Francis heads to Africa this week for the riskiest trip of his papacy, defying danger with an open-topped popemobile and visits to a slum, refugee camp and mosque despite security fears following jihadist attacks. AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBASIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pope-africa-001.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Kenya Pope Africa A security guard escorts a nun away after she tried to walk up the steps from the crowd to the altar as Pope Francis, seated center-left, held a Mass at the campus of the University of Nairobi in Kenya Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Pope Francis is in Kenya on his first-ever trip to Africa, a six-day pilgrimage that will also take him to Uganda and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pope-africa-003.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Kenya Pope Africa Catholic sisters wait just after dawn in the rain and mud to attend a Mass to be given by Pope Francis at the campus of the University of Nairobi in Kenya Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Pope Francis is in Kenya on his first-ever trip to Africa, a six-day pilgrimage that will also take him to Uganda and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pope-africa-005.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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