26 January 2023, The Tablet

Church leaders in search of peace in a country in crisis

by John Ashworth

There is always hope, even amid apparent hopelessness, and the Church is a purveyor of hope.

Church leaders in search of peace in a country in crisis

Pope Francis hosted an ecumenical spiritual retreat with church leaders from South Sudan in the Vatican in 2019.
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Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields, will begin a joint visit to South Sudan on 3 February. What impact could their ecumenical journey together have on this conflict-ridden country?
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