Cardinal Peter Turkson: "All South Sudan needs is healing"

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Turkson, an envoy of the Roman Catholic Church to South Sudan, arrived in Juba on Saturday for a solidarity visit following the recent fighting in Juba that has resulted into mass displacements.

On Sunday, Cardinal Turkson, celebrated Mass at St Theresa’s Cathedral Kator . He urged the people of South Sudan not to give up on hope, despite the recent events that have left a trail of destruction in the country.

Cardinal Turkson asked South Sudan’s leaders to unite, work for the common good of the people and help the country heal from its past.

“The big and the crucial thing is that South Sudan must heal, it must take up all and develop and grow in peace and that is what must be ensured and assured for the people and anything that we can do to help and facilitate the realization of that, that’s what I think we can do as a church.”

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