Pope Francis to join church leaders on ‘historic’ visit to South Sudan

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He will travel with the Moderator of the Church of Scotland and the Archbishop of Canterbury in July.

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Pope Francis is to join church leaders ina joint visit to South Sudan (Danny Lawson/PA) / PA Archive

Pope Francis is to join the Archbishop of Canterbury and the new Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on a “historic” peace pilgrimage to South Sudan.

Taking place in July, the religious leaders have been invited by President Salva Kiir Mayardit.

They will meet with him and his five vice-presidents in Juba, the capital city.

Pope Francis, Most Rev Justin Welby and Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields will meet people living in a refugee camp and lead an open-air prayer vigil for peace.

They will also meet with local church leaders.

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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