Missionaries praise Pope’s ‘morale boosting’ African visit

Missionaries praise Pope’s ‘morale boosting’ African visit Irish Loreto Sr Orla Treacy, director of a school in Rumbek, South Sudan, is pictured with some of her students before Pope Francis’ meeting with bishops, priests, religious and seminarians in St Theresa Cathedral in Juba, South Sudan, February 4. Photo: CNS/Paul Haring

Pope Francis’s ecumenical visit to South Sudan was a “morale booster” that united the country in happiness, according to Irish missionaries. Hundreds of thousands gathered in Juba, the capital, to greet the Pontiff. He was joined by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Rev. Ian Greenshields, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland for…

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