Pope and archbishop on historic peace mission to South Sudan - BBC News

The holy men hoping to heal South Sudan, the world's newest nation overcoming a brutal civil war.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, AFPBy religion editor Aleem Maqbool & Nichola Mandil in JubaBBC NewsThere has never been a visit like it and it has been years in the planning. A Pope and an Archbishop of Canterbury make a foreign trip together for the first time in history, joined by the most senior figure in the Church of Scotland.

"This will be a historic visit. After centuries of division, leaders of three different parts of the Church are coming together in an unprecedented way," says the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

Their mission is to bring hope and to encourage leaders to find a lasting peace in South Sudan

"We pray that this visit will be a catalyst for the leaders of South Sudan to focus on what unites them and not what divides them for they are all loved equally in the eyes of the Lord," says Rev Iain Greenshields, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

But this trip comes at a time when the country is suffering severe political instability, its people facing crushing poverty, and many observers are viewing the outlook as bleak.

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