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Pope Francis, seated on a wheelchair, arrives to attend a prayer meeting with priests, deacons, consecrated persons and seminarians at Notre Dame Du Congo Cathedral in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on February 2, 2023. Pope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 31, 2023, on the first leg of a six-day trip to Africa that will also include troubled South Sudan. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)