Pope upset at stadium stampede deaths

Tens of thousands of Angola’s Catholics lined the streets of the capital for a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI, who urged the country’s faithful to reach out and convert people who believed in witchcraft.

Tens of thousands of Angola’s Catholics lined the streets of the capital for a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI, who urged the country’s faithful to reach out and convert people who believed in witchcraft.

But a stampede at a stadium before one of the Pope’s speeches left two people dead and others injured.

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