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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Pope Francis has rescheduled his long anticipated South Sudan visit to February 2023, said Office of the First Vice President on Friday.<\/p>\n

In a press statement, Dr. Riek Machar\u2019s office established that the Apostolic Nunciature in South Sudan His Grace Ionut Paul Strejac said Francis plans to visit Juba in five-month time.<\/p>\n

Paul also said in a short video clip that he was sent by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin to bring a letter to Machar and to communicate a message from Pope Francis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very pleased to meet the first vice president in order to bring him a letter from Cardinal Parolin following his visit in July and also a present from the cardinal and the holy father,\u201d said Paul in the video posted on the official page of the First Vice President.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd also to talk about the situation and the development in the country and looking forward to stability and unity of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the Vatican diplomat was not heard mentioning the scheduled visit of the Pope.<\/p>\n

But Machar\u2019s office said in a press statement that \u201cthe Vatican representative of the Pope further revealed that His Holiness, Pope Francis, plans to visit South Sudan in February, 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement also said that Paul presented a gift in form of a book which contains a message of peace and reconciliation.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis, 85, has of recent struggled with a knee ailment, despite having visited Canada in August, and Kazakhstan four days ago.<\/p>\n

The Argentinian had planned to visit the war torn Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan on the 2nd to 7th of July, before abruptly postponing the trip.<\/p>\n

Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, announced the postponement of the Apostolic Journey, and a clergy in Juba said he was shocked by the sudden postponement of the Papal visit after \u2018the church has gone far with the preparations.\u2019<\/p>\n

Later on, the Pontiff apologized to the authorities in Juba and Kinshasa for having to postpone his Apostolic visit, due to his knee and leg-related problems.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Pope Francis has rescheduled his long anticipated South Sudan visit to February 2023, said Office of the First Vice President on Friday. In a press statement, Dr. Riek Machar\u2019s office established that the Apostolic Nunciature in South Sudan His Grace Ionut Paul Strejac said Francis plans to visit Juba in five-month time. 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