Anglican Primate to lead
spiritual retreat for South Sudan leaders in Vatican
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| Pope Francis receives the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby in the Vatican on 27 October 2017 |
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin
Welby, will be in the Vatican this week to lead a retreat for civil and
ecclesiastical authorities of South Sudan.
By Vatican News
Pope Francis has approved the proposal presented
by the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby, to
organize a spiritual retreat to take place in the Vatican, within the Domus
Sanctae Marthae, from the 10-11 of this month of
April, in which the highest civil and ecclesiastical authorities of South Sudan
will participate.
Civil authorities
A statement released by Alessandro Gisotti, interim
Director of the Holy See Press Office, said that representing the civil
authorities in the event, are the members of the Presidency of the Republic of
South Sudan, who, under the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of
Conflict in South Sudan, will assume positions of great national
responsibility this coming 12 May: Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit,
President of the Republic, as well as four of the five designated Vice
Presidents: Mr. Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, Mr. James Wani Igga, Mr. Taban Deng
Gai and Ms. Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior.
Ecclesial authorities
Representing the ecclesiastical authorities of the country,
eight members of the South Sudan Council of Church will take part in the
retreat. His Excellency, Archbishop John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu
(Uganda), and the Reverend Father Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, S.J., President of
the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar, will provide the
preaching during the retreat.
Occasion for encounter and reconciliation
This event, both ecumenical and diplomatic at the same time,
was organized by mutual agreement between the Secretariat of State and the
Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with the goal of offering on the part
of the Church a propitious occasion for reflection and prayer, as well as an
occasion for encounter and reconciliation, in a spirit of respect and trust, to
those who in this moment have the mission and the responsibility to work for a
future of peace and prosperity for the South Sudanese people.
Pope Francis to concluded the retreat
The conclusion of the retreat will take place on the
afternoon of Thursday, the 11th, when, at 5:00pm, the Holy Father will
pronounce His discourse. Following that, those participating in the retreat
will be given a Bible, signed by His Holiness Pope Francis, by His Grace Justin
Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, and by the Reverend John Chalmers, former
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, with the message “Seek
that which unites. Overcome that which divides”. At the end, the leaders of
South Sudan, who will take up the common task for peace, will receive the
blessing.
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