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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. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Juba, South Sudan AP Pope Francis made a final appeal for peace in South Sudan on Sunday as he celebrated Mass before tens of thousands of people to close out an unusual mission by Christian religious leaders to nudge forward the country’s recovery from civil war. On the last day of his African pilgrimage, Francis […]

South Sudan’s late liberation hero Garang in focus during Pope’s visit

FILE PHOTO: A soldier holds a portrait of the late former Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) leader John Garang at the New Site village in southern Sudan August 4, 2005. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Juba, South Sudan Reuters Pope Francis will lead prayers at the mausoleum of South Sudanese liberation hero John Garang on Saturday, an acknowledgement of the importance for the world’s youngest nation of perhaps the one leader who could ensure unity. Garang was killed in a helicopter crash in July, 2005, less than a month after […]