ICC Note:

If the security situation improves, Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic church, will visit South Sudan this October. The Roman Catholic Church head is eager and willing to visit the war-torn nation, preaching about peace. Furthermore, according to the Sudan Tribune, his visit will hopefully bring issues of Christian genocide and famine into the forefront. However, at this time, no time frame has been given.

03/23/2017 South Sudan (Sudan Tribune) – Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic church, will visit South Sudan in October if the security situation improves.

“We have been informed (by a Vatican official) that he [Pope Francis] will come in October, but we don’t know the exact date yet,” Yei Bishop Erkolano Tombe told Reuters.

“It depends on the security situation between now and October. If it remains as it is now, he will come,” he added.

The Roman Catholic Church head has earlier expressed willingness to visit the war-hit nation to preach peace, but no time frame had been given.

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