Raise your voices against South Sudan injustice, pope tells Churches

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Pope Francis said on Saturday Churches in South Sudan 'cannot remain neutral' but must raise their voices against injustice and abuse of power, as he and two other Christian leaders conducted a peace mission to the world's newest country.

There are 2.2 million internally displaced people in South Sudan, out of a total population of about 11.6 million, and another 2.3 million have fled the country as refugees, according to the United Nations.

At the cathedral, Francis heard a nun tell of how two of her fellow sisters were killed in an ambush near Juba in 2021. "How can we exercise our ministry in this land, along the banks of a river bathed in so much innocent blood?" he asked, referring to the White Nile that runs through the country.Francis, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Church of Scotland Moderator Iain Greenshields will meet people displaced by war and hear their stories later on Saturday.

South Sudan is predominantly Christian and tens of thousands of people lined the streets of the capital Juba to welcome the pope with singing, drumming and ululations on Friday when he arrived from a visit to Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

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