Central African Republic Visit Puts Pope on War's Fault Line
- Pontiff scheduled to visit mosque in capital's Muslim enclave
- Nation's Christian, Muslim militias have fought since 2013
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When the leader of the world’s Catholics visits a mosque in the Central African Republic on Monday, he’ll be crossing the fault line of a nation that’s been wracked by more than two years of sectarian violence.
The last leg of Pope Francis’ three-nation African tour takes him to a country where thousands of people have been killed since 2013 as fighting has raged between Muslim and Christian militias. He arrived in Bangui, the capital, on Sunday and is due to speak the following day at a mosque in Kilometer 5, a Muslim enclave also known as PK5 where as many as 100 people have been killed in an uptick in violence over the past two months.