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Pope Francis arrives in South Sudan in historic trip
Pope Francis arrived in Juba, South Sudan on Friday fulfilling a long-time wish to visit the war-ravaged country, currently in the midst of a major humanitarian emergency. CNN values your feedback 1.
Pope Francis concludes Ecumenical visit to South Sudan
Pope Francis concluded his three-day pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan on Sunday with the celebration of an open-air Mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in the capital, Juba. John Baptist Tumusiime, Vatican News staffer - Juba, South Sudan. According to Vatican authorities, the Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Juba was attended by over 100 000 ...
Pope's presence in South Sudan marks unique moment in time
Pope Francis, Archbishop Welby and Rev. Dr Greenshields address South Sudanese authorities. Gosztonyi also agreed that Pope Francis' appeal to empower young people and protect and promote women touched on an extremely vital point for development. He said that the vast majority of those living in camps in Juba, "are underage and they are ...
Pope and archbishop on historic peace mission to South Sudan
BBC News. There has never been a visit like it and it has been years in the planning. The first people to greet Pope Francis when he arrived in the South Sudanese capital were Archbishop Justin ...
Pope makes final bid for peace, forgiveness in South Sudan
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Francis is in South Sudan on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries.
Pope Francis Visits South Sudan to Highlight Young Nation's Troubles
The soaring hopes at South Sudan's creation in 2011 have been cruelly dashed. Pope Francis arrived in the country on Friday and immediately offered blunt criticism of its leaders.
Why is Pope Francis visiting DRC and South Sudan?
31 Jan 2023. Pope Francis is visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan this week to deliver a message of peace and reconciliation to two countries hit by conflict. The pontiff ...
Why The Pope Is Visiting South Sudan and DRC
After a successful visit to the DRC, the pope arrived in Juda, South Sudan, to celebratory crowds. The nation, barely 12 years old, has never welcomed a Western leader on a public visit. The ...
The Pope has called for peace in South Sudan, the final part of his
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Francis is in South Sudan on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo ...
Pope Francis wraps up South Sudan trip, urges end to 'blind fury' of
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 ...
Pope Francis Calls for Peace in South Sudan During Visit
Feb. 4, 2023. JUBA, South Sudan — On the last full day of his trip to Africa, Pope Francis met with the displaced South Sudanese who have borne the brunt of the conflict he came to help resolve ...
Programme for Pope Francis' visit to DRC and South Sudan
By Vatican News staff writer. Pope Francis will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to South Sudan from 31 January to 5 February 2023. His visit had originally been scheduled for the summer of 2022, but had to be postponed due to health issues. The Apostolic Journey was announced in a statement from the Director of the Holy See ...
Pope Francis arrives in South Sudan for 'pilgrimage of peace' : NPR
The pope hopes his visit can revive its peace process. This is the first visit by a pope since South Sudan gained independence in 2011 and while there is excitement, the trip comes with a sense of ...
What you need to know about Pope Francis's visit to South Sudan
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 in DRC and South Sudan: one of his most challenging visits
Pope Francis' visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its neighbouring state South Sudan comes at a defining moment for his papacy and for the Catholic church worldwide. He has led a ...
Pope Francis visits South Sudan on 'pilgrimage of peace ...
Pope Francis told a clergy in South Sudan to speak against injustice, on a historic trip to the war-torn country.Travelling with the heads of the churches in...
Pope implores South Sudan's leaders to end bloodshed ...
Pope Francis began a visit to South Sudan on Friday with an impassioned plea to its fractious leaders to turn their backs on the violence, ethnic hatred and corruption that have stopped the world ...
Pope Francis visits South Sudan displaced persons camp
7 min. 89. JUBA, South Sudan — About a thousand lucky people were chosen to see the pope on Saturday — and a few even told him their stories — but the other 46,000 stayed back where they ...
South Sudan announces visit of pope Francis in early February
January 12, 2023 (JUBA) - Pope Francis will visit South Sudan from February 3-5, the government announced on Thursday. The Foreign Affairs ministry urged foreign diplomats to attend the occasion ...
Pope Francis to visit South Sudan in Feb 2023
Pope Francis has rescheduled his long anticipated South Sudan visit to February 2023, said Office of the First Vice President on Friday. In a press statement, Dr. Riek Machar's office established that the Apostolic Nunciature in South Sudan His Grace Ionut Paul Strejac said Francis plans to visit Juba in five-month time. Paul also said in a ...
Pope Francis' appointment of Monsignor Séamus Horgan as Apostolic
The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Séamus Horgan, a priest of the diocese of Killaloe, as the Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan. The news of this episcopal appointment will be made public this morning at 11.00am Ireland time (12.00pm in Rome).
Pope Francis appoints new Papal Nuncio to South Sudan
Pope Francis on Tuesday announced the appointment of an Irish priest as Papal Nuncio to South Sudan. Monsignor Séamus Horgan, who is originally from Ennis in County Clare, will be based in the ...
Pope Francis appoints Irish priest as new Papal Nuncio to South Sudan
AN Irish priest has been appointed by Pope Francis as the new Papal Nuncio to South Sudan. Monsignor Séamus Horgan, who hails from Ennis in County Clare, was appointed to the ambassadorial position by the Pope today (May 14). He will be based in the city of Juba. A native of Tobarteascáin near St. Flannan's.
Ennis Monsignor Horgan appointed Papal Nuncio to South Sudan
May 14, 2024. POPE FRANCIS has appointed Ennis' Séamus Horgan as Papal Nuncio to South Sudan. A native of Tobarteascáin near St. Flannan's College where he completed his secondary schooling, Monsignor Horgan entered St Patrick's College Maynooth in 1987 before being ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Michael Harty in 1994 at the ...
Pope Francis appoints Irish priest as new Papal Nuncio to South Sudan
AN Irish priest has been appointed by Pope Francis as the new Papal Nuncio to South Sudan. Monsignor Séamus Horgan, who hails from Ennis in County Clare, was appointed to the ambassadorial position by the Pope today (May 14). He will be based in the city of Juba. A native of Tobarteascáin near St. Flannan's College, where he completed his ...
Pope Francis to visit Rome's Campidoglio in June
Pope Francis will visit Rome's capital, often referred to simply as the Campidoglio, on June 10. The news was confirmed by the Holy See Press Office on Friday following an announcement earlier in the day by the chaplain of the local Police of the City of Rome, Father Massimo Cocci. During the visit, Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri will welcome ...
Pope Francis to make first trip outside Rome in 7 months amid health
Pope Francis will visit Venice on Sunday, his first trip outside Rome in seven months, which will be closely watched amid concerns over the 87-year-old's fragile health. The Argentine pontiff ...
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Pope Francis arrived in Juba, South Sudan on Friday fulfilling a long-time wish to visit the war-ravaged country, currently in the midst of a major humanitarian emergency. CNN values your feedback 1.
Pope Francis concluded his three-day pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan on Sunday with the celebration of an open-air Mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in the capital, Juba. John Baptist Tumusiime, Vatican News staffer - Juba, South Sudan. According to Vatican authorities, the Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Juba was attended by over 100 000 ...
Pope Francis, Archbishop Welby and Rev. Dr Greenshields address South Sudanese authorities. Gosztonyi also agreed that Pope Francis' appeal to empower young people and protect and promote women touched on an extremely vital point for development. He said that the vast majority of those living in camps in Juba, "are underage and they are ...
BBC News. There has never been a visit like it and it has been years in the planning. The first people to greet Pope Francis when he arrived in the South Sudanese capital were Archbishop Justin ...
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Francis is in South Sudan on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries.
The soaring hopes at South Sudan's creation in 2011 have been cruelly dashed. Pope Francis arrived in the country on Friday and immediately offered blunt criticism of its leaders.
31 Jan 2023. Pope Francis is visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan this week to deliver a message of peace and reconciliation to two countries hit by conflict. The pontiff ...
After a successful visit to the DRC, the pope arrived in Juda, South Sudan, to celebratory crowds. The nation, barely 12 years old, has never welcomed a Western leader on a public visit. The ...
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Francis is in South Sudan on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo ...
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 ...
Feb. 4, 2023. JUBA, South Sudan — On the last full day of his trip to Africa, Pope Francis met with the displaced South Sudanese who have borne the brunt of the conflict he came to help resolve ...
By Vatican News staff writer. Pope Francis will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to South Sudan from 31 January to 5 February 2023. His visit had originally been scheduled for the summer of 2022, but had to be postponed due to health issues. The Apostolic Journey was announced in a statement from the Director of the Holy See ...
The pope hopes his visit can revive its peace process. This is the first visit by a pope since South Sudan gained independence in 2011 and while there is excitement, the trip comes with a sense of ...
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' visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its neighbouring state South Sudan comes at a defining moment for his papacy and for the Catholic church worldwide. He has led a ...
Pope Francis told a clergy in South Sudan to speak against injustice, on a historic trip to the war-torn country.Travelling with the heads of the churches in...
Pope Francis began a visit to South Sudan on Friday with an impassioned plea to its fractious leaders to turn their backs on the violence, ethnic hatred and corruption that have stopped the world ...
7 min. 89. JUBA, South Sudan — About a thousand lucky people were chosen to see the pope on Saturday — and a few even told him their stories — but the other 46,000 stayed back where they ...
January 12, 2023 (JUBA) - Pope Francis will visit South Sudan from February 3-5, the government announced on Thursday. The Foreign Affairs ministry urged foreign diplomats to attend the occasion ...
Pope Francis has rescheduled his long anticipated South Sudan visit to February 2023, said Office of the First Vice President on Friday. In a press statement, Dr. Riek Machar's office established that the Apostolic Nunciature in South Sudan His Grace Ionut Paul Strejac said Francis plans to visit Juba in five-month time. Paul also said in a ...
The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Séamus Horgan, a priest of the diocese of Killaloe, as the Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan. The news of this episcopal appointment will be made public this morning at 11.00am Ireland time (12.00pm in Rome).
Pope Francis on Tuesday announced the appointment of an Irish priest as Papal Nuncio to South Sudan. Monsignor Séamus Horgan, who is originally from Ennis in County Clare, will be based in the ...
AN Irish priest has been appointed by Pope Francis as the new Papal Nuncio to South Sudan. Monsignor Séamus Horgan, who hails from Ennis in County Clare, was appointed to the ambassadorial position by the Pope today (May 14). He will be based in the city of Juba. A native of Tobarteascáin near St. Flannan's.
May 14, 2024. POPE FRANCIS has appointed Ennis' Séamus Horgan as Papal Nuncio to South Sudan. A native of Tobarteascáin near St. Flannan's College where he completed his secondary schooling, Monsignor Horgan entered St Patrick's College Maynooth in 1987 before being ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Michael Harty in 1994 at the ...
AN Irish priest has been appointed by Pope Francis as the new Papal Nuncio to South Sudan. Monsignor Séamus Horgan, who hails from Ennis in County Clare, was appointed to the ambassadorial position by the Pope today (May 14). He will be based in the city of Juba. A native of Tobarteascáin near St. Flannan's College, where he completed his ...
Pope Francis will visit Rome's capital, often referred to simply as the Campidoglio, on June 10. The news was confirmed by the Holy See Press Office on Friday following an announcement earlier in the day by the chaplain of the local Police of the City of Rome, Father Massimo Cocci. During the visit, Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri will welcome ...
Pope Francis will visit Venice on Sunday, his first trip outside Rome in seven months, which will be closely watched amid concerns over the 87-year-old's fragile health. The Argentine pontiff ...