My visit to South Sudan with the Pope and Archbishop was an historic moment
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Iain Greenshields2023-02-20T15:28:00
Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, joined Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury for a ‘pilgrimage of peace’ to the world’s youngest country. Here’s why he’s believing for better for South Sudan
Extraordinary, surreal, humbling and hopeful.
These are just a few words that sum up my pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan with Pope Francis and Most Rev Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.
It was an historic moment – three Christian denominations standing shoulder to shoulder for the first time, wrapped in the unity of the Holy Spirit. It was a moment more than 500 years in the making and we went as servants in Christ with humility and love, to encourage changes in hearts and minds.
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