Tuesday 5th of July 2022 was a historic day for South Sudan. The Vatican Secretary of State, H.E. Pietro Card. Parolin on his first official trip arrived at Juba International Airport, accompanied by the delegation of the Holy See and state officials. The welcoming committee in attendance comprised of South Sudan’s senior government officials, Presidential Advisor Gen. Kuol Manyang Juuk, Minister of Defense Hon. Angelina Teny, Parliamentarians, H.E. Gabriel Card. Zubeir Wako, Emeritus Archbishop of Khartoum and other Catholic Bishops, priests, multitude of church representatives and the general public.ind people with high expectations and a low tolerance for excuses.
Be fearless in front of them with your ideas as many times as they’ll let you
A befitting welcome and show of appreciation for the Vatican guests ensued in the crowd with songs of praises to the Almighty.
The jovial voices of the crowd, cultural dancing displaying the traditional exuberant attires, riveted beaded corsets, souk souk decorated their waists, spears and shields enriched the atmosphere. The jubilant dancers were well choreographed intertwining with the waving flags and banner bearers.
I think it made me think about it more and really consider why I was choosing to add this to my routine
Various Catholic school choirs with whistles and horns aligned side by side welcomed the walking envoy of H.E. Pietro Parolin. The banners displaying the picture of H.E. Pietro Parolin with “Welcome to South Sudan” messages held by the school children, and church members were in full sigh
“There will always be difficulty, but we have to go forward and to solve them with goodwill just to achieve that unity, peace and reconciliation”
His Eminence also recalled the unprecedented and shocking act of Pope Francis kneeling before the South Sudan leaders to kiss their feet, a gesture of encouragement to accelerate the slow paced peace agreement in 2019. Lastly H.E. Pietro Parolin visited the First Vice President Dr Riak Machar, where they had a discussion on the implementation of the Peace agreement. H.E. Pietro Parolin reiterated and expressed the messages of His Father Pope Francis for reconciliation and unity.Lastly H.E. Pietro Parolin visited the First Vice President Dr Riak Machar, where they had a discussion on the implementation of the Peace agreement. H.E. Pietro Parolin reiterated and expressed the messages of His Father Pope Francis for reconciliation and unity.
The message of His Holiness Pope Francis is clear. He will be coming as soon as his health condition improves
Lastly H.E. Pietro Parolin visited the First Vice President Dr Riak Machar, where they had a discussion on the implementation of the Peace agreement. H.E. Pietro Parolin reiterated and expressed the messages of His Father Pope Francis for reconciliation and unity.
As always the press and media team remained professional and committed to provide extensive coverage of this historic chapter. The message of His Holiness Pope Francis is clear. He will be coming as soon as his health condition improves.
