(Nicole Winfield and Deng Machol, AP) Pope Francis
opened the second and final leg of his African pilgrimage by heading to
South Sudan on Friday, hoping to encourage the young country’s stalled
peace process and draw international attention to continued fighting and
a worsening humanitarian crisis. Francis
had one final appointment Friday in Kinshasa with Congo’s bishops
before flying to the South Sudanese capital, Juba. There, he joins the
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the moderator of the Church
of Scotland, the Rt. Rev. Iain Greenshields, in a novel ecumenical push
for peace. (...)
