France, April 17 -- More than a million people are expected to attend the mass in Douala, one of central Africa's largest ports, where the Cameroonian authorities bloodily repressed protests against the disputed re-election of longtime President Paul Biya six months ago.

Thousands of faithful were already streaming into the city Thursday night to claim their spots on the esplanade outside the stadium where the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics will deliver mass.

The pope's landmark 11-day tour of Africa has seen him abandon his previous restraint to deliver impassioned pleas for world peace - and tussle with fellow American Trump, after the US president lashed out at him for calling for an end to the war in the Middle Eas...