AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Pope and religious leaders of South Sudan: "Forgiveness and acceptance of the other is the privileged path to building peace"

Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Holy Father received in audience in the Vatican the principal Christian religious leaders of South Sudan: His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., Archbishop of Juba, Rev. Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Archbishop of the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan & Sudan, and Rev. Peter Gai Lual Marrow, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan.
"In the context of the tensions that divide the population to the detriment of coexistence in the Country, during the meeting with the Holy Father it was acknowledged that good and fruitful collaboration exists among the Christian Churches, who wish primarily to offer their contribution to promoting the common good, protecting the dignity of the person, protecting the helpless and implementing initiatives for dialogue and reconciliation", said the statement of the Vatican press office "In the light of the Year of Mercy in progress in the Catholic Church, it was underlined that the fundamental experience of forgiveness and acceptance of the other is the privileged path to building peace and to human and social development. In this regard, it was confirmed that the various Christian Churches are committed, in a spirit of communion and unity, to service to the population, promoting the spread of a culture of encounter and sharing". (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 28/10/2016)

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