A letter and a bad road were all it took for the St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Kangemi, Nairobi, to host the late Pope Francis on November 27, 2015.
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
According to the Parish Catholic Men Association moderator, Peter Magu, when they got wind that the Pope was to visit Kenya, he wrote to the Vatican representative in the country alongside Pascal Munjage, inviting him. "After it was announced the places he was going to visit, we were not in the picture," says Magu.
As assessments and arrangements were made regarding where he was to visit, it was noticed that the St.
