Juba, 22 October, 2023 / 9:20 pm (ACI Africa).
All is set to welcome Stephen Ameyu Martin Cardinal Mulla of South Sudan’s Catholic Archdiocese of Juba who was created with 20 others at the September 30 Consistory.
Addressing journalists Thursday, October 19, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba said the entire South Sudan is set to receive Cardinal Ameyu on October 30.
“We are set now as a Church and as a country to receive the Cardinal after he comes from the Synod on Synodality which has been ongoing in Rome,” Bishop Santo Loku Pio Doggale said, adding that a committee has already been constituted to work on the Cardinal’s reception.
The 53-year-old Auxiliary Bishop who started his Episcopal Ministry in February 2011 in the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba highlighted the program for the reception of Cardinal Ameyu.
“We have organized a grand reception at the airport. Key government dignitaries and Church officials have been invited to brace the occasion. Some cultural activities including dances will also be performed. We are looking at a big attendance from various parishes in the country,” he explained.