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WRAP Pope begins visit to Cameroon ADDS arrival comments, convoy in Yaounde

(17 Mar 2009) SHOTLIST 1. Various of Alitalia plane carrying Pope Benedict XVI, arriving at airport in Yaounde, Cameroon 2. President Paul Biya and First Lady Chantal Biya and officials walking down red carpet on tarmac 3. Benedict exiting plane and walking down stairs 4. Plane on tarmac and officials 5. Benedict and Biya surrounded by officials walking on red carpet 6. Soldiers in honour guard 7. Wide of Benedict and Biya on platform 8. Various of Benedict and Biya walking down from platform and past honour guard 9. Benedict shaking hands with officials 10. Cutaway crowd watching 11. Benedict and Biya walking on red carpet together surrounded by officials 12. Crowd and policewoman 13. SOUNDBITE: (French) Paul Biya, President of Cameroon: ++TRANSLATION UNAVAILABLE ++ 14. First Lady and Pope listening 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Pope Benedict XVI: "I have come here to issue the Instrumentum Laboris, for the second special assembly which will take place in Rome this coming October. The senate verses will reflect together on the theme: "The Church and Africa, in the service of reconciliation, justice and peace." 16. Flags 17. Pope walking towards crowd, shaking hands 18. Pope walking into airport terminal 19. Crowd 20. Pope passing in popemobile 21. Crowd 22. Pope driving away in popemobile 23. Pope mobile driving past as crowds cheer in streets of Yaounde 24. Wide of crowd cheering 25. Policeman talking to people by side of road 26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Beyeme Afanyi, Police officer: "It is very interesting for us, for peace, to see that all the world is watching us. To know that Cameroon is a peace(ful) country." 27. Various of woman singing by side of road STORYLINE: Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cameroon's capital on Tuesday at the start of his first pilgrimage as pontiff to the African continent. He was greeted by a large crowd as he stepped off the plane. On the tarmac, the pope was greeted by President Paul Biya, who has ruled Cameroon since 1982, and whose government was accused in a recent Amnesty International report of a long list of abuses to crush political opponents. En-route to Cameroon, the pontiff addressed the African continent's problem with HIV/AIDS and said that condoms were not the answer in the continent's fight against AIDS, his first explicit statement on an issue that has divided even clergy working with AIDS patients. Benedict said the Roman Catholic Church was in the forefront of the battle against AIDS and that a responsible and moral attitude toward sex would help fight the disease. The pope had never directly addressed condom use, but his position is not new. His predecessor, Pope John Paul II, often said that sexual abstinence - not condoms - was the best way to prevent the spread of the disease. However, even some priests and nuns working with those living with HIV/AIDS question the church's opposition to condoms amid the pandemic ravaging Africa. About 22 (m) million people in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV, according to UNAIDS. In 2007, three-quarters of all AIDS deaths worldwide were there, as well as two-thirds of all people living with HIV. Benedict's African trip this week will also take him to Angola. Africa is the fastest-growing region for the Roman Catholic Church, though it competes with Islam and evangelical churches. On his flight to Cameroon, Benedict also said that he intended to make an appeal for "international solidarity" with Africa in the face of the global economic downturn. He said that while the church did not propose specific economic solutions, it can give "spiritual and moral" suggestions. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...