Papal DRC and South Sudan Visit
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Pope Francis thanks Our Lady upon return to Rome
Feb 06, 2023
Pope Francis visits the Basilica of St. Mary Major upon his return to Rome, and prays before the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary in thanksgiving for his Apostolic Journey to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Pope Francis wraps up Apostolic Journey to South Sudan & DRC
Feb 06, 2023
Pope Francis departs from Juba aboard the papal plane bound for Rome, marking the conclusion of his 6-day Apostolic Journey to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Pope Francis: May hope and peace dwell in South Sudan
Feb 06, 2023
Pope Angelus offers his final words of farewell to South Sudan at the conclusion of Mass on Sunday, expressing his gratitude for the warm welcome he received and offering a prayer for hope and peace.
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Pope at Mass in South Sudan: Jesus knows and loves you
Feb 06, 2023
With the reassurance that Jesus knows and loves each of us personally, Pope Francis calls on the faithful of South Sudan to be "the salt of the earth" and "the light of the world" during his Mass for vast crowds in Juba.
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Pope at Ecumenical Prayer in South Sudan: Those who unleash war betray God
Feb 06, 2023
Pope Francis addressed the faithful gathered for an ecumenical prayer service in South Sudan, and urges all those present to pray, to work and to journey.
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Children in IDP camps appeal to leaders to create a better future
Feb 06, 2023
Pope Francis, Archbishop Justin Welby and the Rt. Rev. Dr Iain Greenshields met on Saturday afternoon with Internally Displaced People who live in protected camps that are spread in different parts of South Sudan.
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Pope to South Sudan's clergy: We need courageous souls ready to die for Africa
Feb 06, 2023
While addressing clergy in Juba for his long-awaited ecumenical pilgrimage in South Sudan, Pope Francis insists we need courageous, generous souls ready to die and suffer for Africa.
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Young Congolese appeal to Pope Francis to canonise Blessed Anuarite and Bakanja
Feb 06, 2023
"Santi subito" - Saints at once, written on a banner in red and blue on a white background, with the images of Blessed Anuarite and Bakanja. This inscription, seen on Thursday, 2 February, at the Martyrs' Stadium where Pope Francis met with young people and Catechists, is meant to be a profound wish and a prayer for the canonisation of these two Congolese martyrs, beatified in 1985 and 1995 respectively.
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Shepherds interceding in the midst of their people, not managers
Feb 06, 2023
Pope Francis meets with the bishops and clergy of South Sudan in St Theresa's Cathedral in Juba. An opportunity to talk about the role of the universal Church and of intercession as an icon of synodality
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South Sudan’s President pardons 71 prison inmates
Feb 06, 2023
Sudan’s President Salva Kiir pardons 71 inmates who were serving different sentences. The act of clemency comes during Pope Francis’ pilgrimage of peace to the east African nation.
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.