Pope heads to South Sudan to urge peace as fighting kills 27

Pope urges peace on visit to South Sudan

Pope Francis arrived in Juba hoping to revive a peace process aimed at ending a decade-long conflict.

Pope to meet war victims on South Sudan peace pilgrimage

Pope Francis on Saturday will meet victims of South Sudan's civil war, a day after delivering an impassioned appeal for the country's leaders to recommit to peace for the sake of their long-suffering people. Francis is making the first papal visit to South Sudan since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and plunged into […] The post Pope to meet war victims on South Sudan peace pilgrimage appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Niger…

Pope to meet war victims on South Sudan peace pilgrimage

JUBA (South Sudan), Feb 4 ― Pope Francis today will meet victims of South Sudan's civil war, a day after delivering an impassioned appeal for the country's leaders to recommit to peace for the sake of their long-suffering people. Francis is making the first papal visit to South Sudan since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and plunged into a brutal ethnic conflict that left the young nation divided and traumatised. Some 380,000 people di…

Pope in South Sudan warns leaders as peace process stalls

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Pope Francis, on a novel ecumenical peace mission to the world’s youngest country, warned South Sudan’s political leaders on Friday that history will judge them harshly if they continue to drag their feet implementing a 2018 peace accord. Accompanying him to the overwhelmingly Christian country were the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the moderator of the Church of Scotland, the Rt. Rev. Iain Greenshields. Th…

Why The Pope Is Visiting South Sudan and DRC

There was much optimism on the streets of Juda when South Sudan became the world’s newest country in 2011. But the euphoria was short-lived, as the African country descended into civil war and famine. Now, Pope Francis is trying to raise global attention for South Sudan as he begins a three-day trip Friday to the country as part of a “pilgrimage of peace.” The Pope’s trip, alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Moderator o…

Pope visits South Sudan and warns leaders as peace process stalls

Pope Francis, on a novel ecumenical peace mission to the world’s youngest country, warned South Sudan’s political leaders on Friday that history will judge them harshly if they continue to drag their feet implementing a 2018 peace accord.