Pope Francis wraps up South Sudan trip, urges end to 'blind fury' of violence

Pope urges end to ethnic hatred at open-air mass in South Sudan

“Let us lay down the weapons of hatred and revenge," he said.

End ‘blind fury of violence’, Pope Francis urges South Sudan

Bouts of fighting continue to kill and displace many civilians despite 2018 peace deal between two main antagonists

Pope wraps up South Sudan visit: 'No more bloodshed, no more conflicts, no more violence'

Pope Francis wraps up his pilgrimage to South Sudan with an open-air mass after urging its leaders to focus on bringing peace to the fragile country torn apart by violence and poverty.

Pope Francis wraps up South Sudan trip, urges end to ‘blind fury’ of violence

JUBA (South Sudan), Feb 5 — Pope Francis urged the people of South Sudan today to resist the “venom of hatred” so they could achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through years of bloody ethnic conflicts. In his last public engagement before flying home, Francis presided at an open-air Mass on the grounds of a mausoleum for South Sudan’s liberation hero John Garang, who died in 2005. The Vatican said 100,000 people attended the …

Pope Francis calls for end to ethnic violence in South Sudan mass

Juba, Feb 5 (EFE).- Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to “hatred and revenge” in his open-air mass on the first-ever papal visit to South Sudan, long plagued by bloody civil war. Some 70,000 Catholic faithful flocked into the John Garang Mausoleum in the capital to attend the mass, after which Francis returns to the Vatican following his six-day visit to Africa. “In the name of Jesus and of his Beatitudes, let us lay down the weapons of h…

Pope Francis Wraps Up South Sudan Trip Urging an End to Violence

Francis presided at a Mass on the grounds of a mausoleum for South Sudan's liberation hero John Garang, who died in a helicopter crash in 2005 before the predominantly Christian country gained independence from Muslim Sudan in 2011.