Juba, 02 February, 2024 / 9:55 pm (ACI Africa).
The Prefect for the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD) is “to renew” the Holy Father’s peace message during his eight-day pastoral visit to South Sudan scheduled to begin on Friday, February 2.
In an interview with ACI Africa on Wednesday, January 31, Michael Cardinal Czerny shared details of the pastoral trip, including some of the planned activities and the practice of listening that he said was a priority for the Vatican DPIHD.
“I'll just be bringing the solidarity and the prayers and the support of the Holy Father to South Sudan and to Sudan,” Cardinal Czerny said.
During the pastoral visit that will see him preside over Holy Eucharist to mark one year since the first-ever Papal visit to South Sudan, the Cardinal will share the message of peace, which he said will aim “to renew the message of peace of the Holy Father, to express our solidarity and concern about the vulnerable migrants or returnees, our devotion to St. Bakhita and all that she represents for the church in South Sudan and Sudan and really, around the world.”
Michael Cardinal Czerny during his January 17-20 pastoral trip in Benin. Credit: Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD)