“The Name of Peace and Development is Food Security”, Bishop Hiiboro in his New Year Message to South Sudanese
“The Name of Peace and Development is Food Security”, Bishop Hiiboro in his New Year Message to South Sudanese
By Joseph Ernesto
As we come to the end of the year 2022, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tambura Yambio has said in his new year message has encouraged South Sudanese to remember that the name of peace and development is a source of food security.
“The name for peace, the name for development is food security, people of South Sudan need to eat if we have enough food, there will be less violence, therefore, in the year 2023, I encouraged the whole population of the Diocese of Tambura Yambio and the whole population in the republic of South Sudan to go farming to grow enough food in order that we have enough food for ourselves and for income and then develop our country” he explained.
His Lordship Barani Eduardo has urged South Sudanese to always move forward with Courage in themselves for positive changes, and he says “with courage, with hope in unity and in peace and I think as a country, as people what is important when we come to the end of the year, we have to stick to positive values, to find solutions to the issues and problems that we find as a community and that we move to the new year with new goals, new spirits in order to build our republic”, he narrates.
He added, “if we have missed peace in 2022, if we had gone angry or we had gone through unpredicted reality, in the new year we should move with a new spirit and we have to pick new strength and move with a lot of hope in this new year 2023”.
The prelate has called on South Sudanese to prepare for the coming of Pope Francis who is set to visit South Sudan in the new year 2023, stressing that it will be a special year with the visit of the Holy Father.
Hiiboro emphasizes on pope’s visit to South Sudan, saying “I would like us to prepare your homes, prepare streets, to prepare your hearts so that as the Holy Father comes in 2023 into this republic of South Sudan, he will find us ready to receive him and with peace within our hearts”, he said.
He also congratulated the people of Western Equatoria State and South Sudan as a whole for what they have done well according to their capacities in the republic of South Sudan in the year 2022 despite conflicts in parts of the country.
The church leader spoke to Anisa Radio on Saturday 31st December 2022 at his resident Diocesan secretariat Curia inYambio
