{"id":18561,"date":"2022-06-11T11:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T11:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/pope-francis-visit-still-on-say-clergy"},"modified":"2022-06-11T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T12:38:00","slug":"pope-francis-visit-still-on-say-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/pope-francis-visit-still-on-say-clergy","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis\u2019 visit still on, say clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Church leaders in South Sudan have urged Catholic faithful not to be disheartened by the postponement of Pope Francis visit to South Sudan next month.<\/p>\n

Dr. Stephen Ameyo Martine Mula, Metropolitan Bishop of Juba Diocese, is hopeful that Catholic Church faithful will ultimately meet the pontiff. To the cleric, there is a great sense of optimism and the preparation exercises remain unhampered.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this statement does not prevent us from preparing because his visit to South Sudan has been postponed rather than canceled, so the planned communal prayers on the 18th of this month will take place as scheduled.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue with our ongoing preparations; our meetings and preparations are ongoing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, he said it any disappointment would be understandable because many people have been preparing for months to meet the Holy Father up to the time the Vatican issued the statement.<\/p>\n

The Vatican announced on Friday the postponement of Pope Francis\u2019 planned July trip to South Sudan due to a knee problem, making it impossible to have the tour on health grounds. The pontiff is 85 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the request of his doctors, and in order not to jeopardize the results of the therapy that he is undergoing for his knee, the Holy Father has been forced to postpone, with regret, his Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to South Sudan, planned for 2 to 7 July, to a later date to be determined,\u2019\u2019 said Matteo Bruni, the Director of Holy See Press Office.<\/p>\n

He urged the public to embrace such conditions, stating that health is never given to anyone and that illness can strike anyone at any time.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Monsignor Ionuj Stragjac, the Vatican\u2019s Charge d\u2019Affaires in Juba, indicated that the trip to South Sudan has been postponed rather than canceled.<\/p>\n

He urged people to use the occasion to continue praying for the Holy Father\u2019s health and to prepare for his arrival in South Sudan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Holy Father is resolved to come, and people must expect the Holy Father to arrive in Juba shortly,\u201d the Vatican delegate to South Sudan stated.<\/p>\n

The trip, originally planned for July 2 to 7, will be rescheduled, though no new date has been set.<\/p>\n

Francis, 85, has been suffering from pain in his right knee in recent weeks and has sometimes been seen struggling to walk.<\/p>\n

Last month, he relied on a wheelchair for the first time at a public event.<\/p>\n

According to the schedule for the trip, which was announced by the Vatican in March, the pontiff was to visit the DRC capital, Kinshasa, as well as Goma, the main town in the restive eastern province of North Kivu.<\/p>\n

He was then to head to Juba, the capital of South Sudan.<\/p>\n

South Sudan, the world\u2019s newest country, has suffered from chronic instability since independence in 2011, including a brutal five-year civil war.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Church leaders in South Sudan have urged Catholic faithful not to be disheartened by the postponement of Pope Francis visit to South Sudan next month. Dr. Stephen Ameyo Martine Mula, Metropolitan Bishop of Juba Diocese, is hopeful that Catholic Church faithful will ultimately meet the pontiff. 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