OUIDAH, Benin (AP) - In a basilica built in the birthplace of Africa's Voodoo religion in Benin, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday unveiled a treatise outlining the role of the Catholic Church on the continent and explained how Catholicism can help address Africa's chronic wars and interact with indigenous practices.

Among the messages the pope is bringing to Africa is that Catholicism has evolved from the religion practiced by the missionaries who first brought the church to this coastal town, considered the cradle of Voodoo, a state religion in Benin alongside Christianity and Islam.

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