Pope returns to Vatican as six-day Africa visit ends

Rome, Feb. 5 (BNA): Pope Francis is scheduled to return to the Vatican today, Sunday, after his six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan.

And the German News Agency (dpa) reported that before leaving Juba, Francis plans to celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the capital of South Sudan on Sunday morning.

During the trip, the Pope urged the people and politicians of South Sudan, wracked by armed conflict, to pray for peace.

He was accompanied and supported by two Protestant church leaders from Britain’s former colonial power: the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of the Anglican Church Justin Welby and Principal of the Church of Scotland Ian Greenshields.

As a result of its colonial past, the country is now a Christian-majority country with the largest denominations being Catholic, Anglican or Episcopal, and Presbyterian. These church leaders represent the three denominations of Christianity.

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