Pope Beatifies African Nun
Associated Press
KINSHASA, Zaire —
Pope John Paul II today proclaimed a 25-year-old nun as black Africa’s first woman martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, and publicly forgave the soldier who killed her for resisting his rape attempt.
The Pope, on the eighth day of his 12-day African tour, beatified Sister Anuarite Nengapeta before Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko and 60,000 people at an outdoor Mass. Beatification is an important step toward sainthood.
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