“We have come to Encourage the Church to Remember its Remarkable Work Historically in Building Peace and Bringing People Together”, Says His Grace, Justin Welby
On the first Ecumenical Pilgrimage to South Sudan, church leader His Grace Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury made a strong appeal for peace and unity among the people of South Sudan.
“We have come to Encourage the Church to Remember its Remarkable Work Historically
in Building Peace and Bringing People Together”, Says His Grace, Justin Welby
By Sr. Henriette Anne (FSSA)
On the first Ecumenical Pilgrimage to South Sudan, church leader His Grace Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury made a strong appeal for peace and unity among the people of South Sudan.
“We come to encourage the church to remember its remarkable work historically in building peace and bringing people together”.
Addressing the leadership, diplomats, and Civil Society in South Sudan, the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Anglican Church reflected on Jesus’s Prayer in John 17 “that they may be one”.
He further reminded them of their encounter in 2019 in Rome when Pope Francis knelt and kissed their feet.
He added that they have come to listen to the young people and honor women who have known terrible suffering and yet have been the sign of the resurrected life.
“We come to listen to the young people and tell leaders about their hopes for peace and opportunity. We come to honor the women who have known such terrible suffering and yet have been the sign of the resurrection life”.
He encouraged South Sudanese that their prayers are heard by God and known by God promising them prayers for peace, “the people of South Sudan are beloved by God. Your stories are known by God. Your prayers are heard by God. Together, we will pray for the peace of the Lord, we will witness to the Christ who died that we might be saved, and we will call upon the Holy Spirit to enter our hearts and the hearts of those with great responsibility so the call of Jesus Christ might be answered: ‘they might be one’.
