Pope Francis has made a final appeal for peace in South Sudan as he celebrated Mass before ... prayers would yield to lasting peace.” In a bid to spur the process along, Francis was joined ...
urged Pope Francis and his fellow religious leaders to raise the issue of widespread impunity for abuses in South Sudan. It asked him to call for the immediate release of journalists with the state ...
As they walked for the last few miles ... Church of Scotland Rev Iain Greenshields. In 2019 Pope Francis kissed the feet of South Sudan's bitter political rivals, President Salva Kiir and his ...
Pope Francis is on a three-day visit in South Sudan alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields.
Pope Francis is to join the Archbishop ... in a few weeks’ time, we will at last be able to travel to South Sudan. “Ours will be an ecumenical pilgrimage of peace. “Let us pray that it ...
Francis arrives on Friday for a three-day visit to South Sudan, the first by any pope since the predominantly Christian nation split from Muslim-majority Sudan in 2011. Its history since ...
Civil war broke out in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on 15 April last year ... He said South Sudan's resources are not being shared more widely, despite the Pope having urged "togetherness".
At least 15 people died because of last week's "excessive ... told the BBC. He said South Sudan's resources are not being shared more widely, despite the Pope having urged "togetherness".