“Pope’s Visit should be a Blessing, not a Curse”
A section of faithful Christians in South Sudan underscored that Pope Francis’s visit to South Sudan should be a blessing and source for ever-lasting peace in the country, not a curse.
“Pope’s Visit Should be a Blessing, not a Curse”
By Joseph Ernesto
A section of faithful Christians in South Sudan underscored that Pope Francis’s visit to South Sudan should be a blessing and source for ever-lasting peace in the country, not a curse.
Miss Gloria Dominic expresses hope during the celebration of the Pope’s visit to South Sudan. “I am delighted to witness the blessed visit of the Pope as an initiative to unite and built peaceful co-existence among the communities in South Sudan.”
She continued. “Both of us at this celebration including those that could not come have received the same blessings and we should work together to embrace this peace”.
For her part, Lucia Patrick, a faithful from the Holy family St. Thereser Cathedral encouraged the citizens of the Republic of South Sudan to be ambassadors of peace to disseminate the good news that builds the nation.
She urged women to open up and speak about gender-based violence, and always follow the legal procedure in case they find themselves as victims of gender-based violence.
Lucia further told the women to embark on small-scale businesses to sustain their lives as well as to provide education for their children instead of depending on men for the provision of home-based commodities.
She also called upon girls to obey their parents. “To be productive girls in the future, you need to obey your parents, and abide by their directives, and this will help in acquiring blessings.
Pope Francis left for Rome, Italy on 5th February 2023 after successfully concluding his three-day ecumenical visit to South Sudan.
The pontiff, alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, Dr. Ian Greenfields came to Juba, South Sudan on February 3rd.
The Pope in his last remarks offered blessings to women whom he described as the future of the country, but are yet the most sufferers of the consequences so of the civil war.
