Rome (agencies)
Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan from July 2-7, the Vatican State announced yesterday. The Pope is scheduled to visit victims of violence in the city of Goma in eastern Congo and a refugee camp in Juba, capital of South Sudan, during his trip.
The Pope will hold masses and meetings with state and church leaders in the two countries devastated by conflict.
He joins Pope Francis, Archbishop of Canterbury and the new supervisor of the General Assembly of the Scottish Church on a religious visit “for peace” to South Sudan.
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit invited religious leaders to the trip, British news agency PA Media reported yesterday.
The religious leaders are scheduled to meet with the country’s president and his five deputies in Juba, the country’s capital.