In his weekly general audience, Pope Francis told those present about his recent trip to Africa and spoke about the importance of missionary work.

During the ceremony, the pope opened the Holy Door of the Cathedral for the beginning of the Jubilee of Mercy.

Pope Francis celebrated Mass at Bangui's Barthélémy Boganda Stadium for thousands of the faithful from the Central African Republic.

Pope Francis on Saturday morning celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at the National Sanctuary of the Ugandan Martyrs at Namugongo. The Shrine commemorates the martyrdom of 22 young Catholic converts during an anti-Christian persecution that took place under Mwanga II, the king of Buganda.Belo

The church remains faithful if she keeps her eyes fixed on Jesus, but she becomes lukewarm and mediocre if she seeks comfort in worldly things.

Pope Francis said that the church must not be obsessed by money or power. Instead her strength and joy should come from the words of Christ.

“The whole world is at war,” and the rejection of the “path of peace” means that God himself, that Jesus himself, weeps.

Spiritual worldliness, Pope Francis said, tempts us towards an inconsistent lifestyle, in which we pretend to be one thing but live in another way.

The single thought, humanism that takes the place of Jesus, destroys the Christian identity.

Pope Francis warned about the “error” of many people who, he said, are incapable of looking beyond the beauty of earthly things towards the transcendent.