Dancers perform as they await the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI at Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport in Cotonou, Benin, Nov. 18. The pope was in Benin to present the conclusions of the 2009 Synod of Bishops for Africa. He urged the continent to uphold values of family and human dignity. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
COTONOU, BENIN -- NCR senior correspondent John L. Allen Jr. traveled with the pope in Benin. Below are a list of stories he filed.
- The lonely liberation theology of Benedict XVI, Sunday, November 20, 2011
- Africa sees 'Occupy Wall Street' as positive sign, leading prelate says, Saturday, November 19, 2011
- Benedict’s Africa plan: Stay spiritual, and stay Catholic, Saturday, November 19, 2011
- On AIDS, Benedict avoids the ‘C’ word, Saturday, November 19, 2011
- In voodoo capital, Benedict blasts 'occultism and evil spirits', Saturday, November 19, 2011
- From a Eurocentric pope, a remarkably African message, Saturday, November 19, 2011
- The political nerve of Catholicism in Africa, Friday, November 18, 2011
- Don't surrender to laws of market, pope says, Friday, November 18, 2011
- Memo to bishops: Think globally on religious freedom, Friday, November 18, 2011
- Transcript from Papal Plane, Friday, November 18, 2011
- From rumba to voodoo, subtext abounds on pope’s Africa trip, Thursday, November 17, 2011
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