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Fri 04 Apr 2007Witnessing a giant leap of faithAfrica is putting its own stamp on Christianity while also breathing life into the church here, writes Joe Humphreysin JohannesburgThe first pilgrims will arrive today, dismounting from hired buses and clapped-out cars into the inevitable sunshine. As the day progresses, the numbers will swell until a million voices fill the barren landscape around Moria, in South Africa's northern province of Limpopo.