Pope Francis talks as he leads the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis' first Africa trip will highlight the problems of building dialogue between Christianity and Islam as both religions grow fast on the continent, threatening to widen an already volatile fault line there between them.
The three countries on the pope's Nov. 25-30 itinerary - Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic - have been scarred by radical Islamist attacks or Muslim-Christian sectarian strife and security concerns have meant the trip has been kept relatively short.
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