In 2019 Pope Francis kissed the feet of South Sudan's bitter political rivals, President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar, when they met at the Vatican. This was an act that shocked many ...

Kris Kristofferson Was Great at Singing but Supremely Lousy at Politics Life in Your Face Pope Francis is reportedly considering a trip to South Sudan, after ecumenical pleas from religious ...

Three Christian leaders Justin Welby (1st left), Pope Francis (2nd left) and Church of Scotland Moderator Iain Greenshields (far right) met South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on Friday Pope ...

Pope Francis expressed deep concern for the violence ... The Pope also invoked peace and respite in Sudan, reminding his listeners of the ongoing civil war that has been raging there for several ...

Pope Francis is to join the Archbishop of Canterbury and the new Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on a “historic” peace pilgrimage to South Sudan. Taking place in ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan early next year, the Vatican said on Thursday, after having to cancel a scheduled trip to the two ...

Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the ... marks the penultimate stop of a marathon trip through Asia and the South Pacific. Local authorities estimate that a crowd of 600,000 gathered ...

One South African theologian described “a deep sense of disillusionment that the church, on the one hand, is saying we need ...

VATICAN CITY, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Pope Francis cancelled his appointments ... Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan because of his walking problems. He rescheduled the Africa trip and ...

Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by ...

Pope Francis traveled to one of the most remote ... Getty Images More than 10 million people call the South Pacific region home. About a quarter of them, or 2.5 million, are Catholic, according ...