A summary of the Holy Father’s visit and messages to the Peoples of Sudan

1. Pope Francis in Sudan

2. PROGRAMME OF POPE FRANCIS’ VISIT
TO CONGO AND SUDAN
Tuesday 31 January, 2023 - ROME - KINSHASA
7:55 Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino
International Airport to Kinshasa
Greeting to journalists on the flight to Kinshasa
15:00 Arrival at Kinshasa “Ndjili” International Airport
15:00 Official Welcome
16:30 Welcome Ceremony at the “Palais de la Nation”
16:45 Courtesy Visit to the President of the Republic in the
“Salle Présidentielle” of the “Palais de la Nation”
17:30 Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the
Diplomatic Corps in the garden of the “Palais de la
Nation”
Wednesday, 1st February 2023 – KINSHASA
9:30 Holy Mass at “Ndolo” Airport
16:30 Meeting with Victims from the Eastern Part of the
Country at the Apostolic Nunciature
18:30 Meeting with Representatives from some Charities at
the Apostolic Nunciature
Thursday, 2nd February 2023 – KINSHASA
9:30 Meeting with Young People and Catechists in Martyrs’
Stadium
16:30 Prayer Meeting with Priests, Deacons, Consecrated
Persons and Seminarians in the Cathedral
“Notre Dame du Congo”
18:30 Private meeting with Members of the Society of Jesus
at the Apostolic Nunciature
Friday, 3rd February 2023 - KINSHASA – JUBA
8:30 Meeting with Bishops at CENCO
10:10 Farewell Ceremony at Kinshasa “Ndjili” International Airport
10:40 Departure by airplane from Kinshasa “Ndjili”
International Airport to Juba
The Holy Father is making the Journey to South Sudan
together with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of
the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
15:00 Arrival at Juba International Airport
15:00 Welcome Ceremony
15:45 Courtesy Visit to the President of the Republic at the
Presidential Palace
16:15 Meeting with The Vice-Presidents of the Republic
17:00 Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the
Diplomatic Corps in the garden of the Presidential Palace
Saturday, 4 February 2023 – JUBA
9:00 Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Consecrated
Persons and Seminarians in the Cathedral of Saint Therese
11:00 Private meeting with Members of the Society of Jesus
at the Apostolic Nunciature
16:30 Meeting with internally Displaced Persons in the
“Freedom Hall”
18:00 Ecumenical Prayer at “John Garang” Mausoleum
Sunday, 5 February 2023 - JUBA – ROME
8:45 Holy Mass at “John Garang” Mausoleum
11:00 Farewell Ceremony at Juba International Airport
11:30 Departure by airplane from Juba International Airport to Rome
17:30 Arrival at Rome Fiumicino International Airport

3. The South Sudanese government specifies that the colours of the flag are there to
represent these descriptions of South Sudan:
Black: Represents the people of South Sudan.
Red: Represents blood that was shed for the independence of the country.
Green: Represents the country's agricultural, natural wealth, land, as well as progress
White: Represents South Sudan's peace attained after many years of the liberation struggle.
Blue: Represents waters of the Nile River, a source of life for the country.
Yellow: Represents unity (of the states), hope, and determination for all people.

4. MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
Garden of the Presidential Palace (Juba) - Friday, 3rd February 2023

5. I have come with two brothers, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator
of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, whom I thank for all that
they will say to us. Together, stretching out our hands, we present ourselves
to you and to this people in the name of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.

6. You, distinguished leaders, are these springs: the springs that water the life of the community.
You are called to renew the life of society as pure sources of prosperity and peace.

7. They need fathers, not overlords; they need steady steps towards
development, not constant collapses. - History itself, will remember you if
you work for the benefit of this people that you have been called to serve.

8. No more bloodshed, no more conflicts, no more violence and mutual recriminations
about who is responsible for it, no more leaving your people athirst for peace

9. The abundant resources with which God has blessed this land should not be
restricted to a few, but recognized as the legacy of all, and plans for economic
recovery should coincide with proposals for an equitable distribution of wealth

10. a Republic. It preserves the healthy distinction of powers in
such a way that, for example, those who administer justice can
do so without interference from those who legislate or govern

11. Pope John XXIII: “Every human being has the right to life, to bodily integrity and to
the means necessary for the proper development of life” (Pacem in Terris, 11).

12. In a world scarred by divisions and conflict, this country is hosting an
ecumenical pilgrimage of peace, which is something rare; it represents a
change of direction, an opportunity for South Sudan to resume sailing in
calm waters, taking up dialogue, without duplicity and opportunism

13. Behind every form of violence, there is anger and resent-ment, and behind every form of
anger and resentment, there is the unhealed memory of wounds, humiliations and wrongs.
It follows that the only way to break free of these is through encounter, the culture of
encounter: by accepting others as our brothers and sisters and making room for them

14. There is a need
to look beyond
groups and
differences in order
to journey as one
people, which, as
in the Nile, is
enriched by the
contribution of its
various tributaries

15. let us not forget to ensure for them and for humanitarian
workers the security and support they need for their charitable
works, so that the river of goodness may continue to flow

16. We need the foresight to care for creation, for the sake of
future generations. I think, in particular, of the need to
combat the deforestation caused by profiteering

17. Corruption: - The inequitable distribution of funds, secret schemes to get
rich, patronage deals, lack of transparency: all these pollute the riverbed of
human society; they divert resources from the very things most needed

18. there is a need to control the flow of weapons that, despite bans, continue
to arrive in many countries in the area, including South Sudan: many
things are needed here, but surely not more instruments of death!

19. development of suitable healthcare policies, the need for vital infrastructures
and especially the primary goal of promoting literacy and education

20. the children of this continent and of the world, they
have the right to grow up holding in their hands
notebooks and toys, not weapons and tools for labour.

21. As Saint John Paul II said thirty years ago in Sudan:
“African solutions must be found to African problems”
(Address at the Welcome Ceremony, 10 February 1993).

22. MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND SEMINARIANS
Cathedral of Saint Therese (Juba) - Saturday, 4 February 2023

23. I am grateful to Bishop Tombe Trille for his words of greeting

24. priestly and diaconal ministry and also catechetical ministry,
the ministry of teaching, which so many consecrated men
and women, as well as the lay faithful, carry out

25. What was Moses’ mistake? He had put himself at the centre, and relied on
his strength alone. Yet in this way, he remained trapped in the worst of our
human ways of doing things: he had responded to violence with violence.

26. Let us allow ourselves to be drawn to the Lord and spend time with him in
prayer. Let us daily approach the mystery of God, so that he can astonish us
and burn away the dead wood of our pride and our immoderate ambitions,
and make us humble travelling companions of all those entrusted to our care.

27. To inter-cede is thus to come down and place
ourselves in the midst of our people, to act
as a bridge that connects them to God.

28. the art of intercession, let us look at Moses’ hands.
1 - Moses with staff in hand,
2 - Moses with outstretched hands,
3 - Moses with his hands raised to heaven.

29. Moses’ prophecy.
With that staff, he
works wonders, signs
of God’s presence and
power; he speaks in
God’s name, forcefully
denouncing the
oppression that the
people are suffering
- it is necessary to
extend our arms to
our brothers and
sisters, to support
them on their journey;
to caress God’s flock.

30. Look at how Moses prayed: he was tired. Yet, he did not step back: ever
close to God, he did not turn his back on his people. This is also our job.

31. Moses with his hands
raised to heaven - he did
not sell out the people
for his own interests!
He interceded, he wrestled
with God; he kept his arms
raised in prayer while his
brethren battled in the
valley below (cf. Ex 17:8-16).
Bringing the struggles of
the people before God
in prayer, obtaining
forgiveness for them,
administering
reconciliation as channels
of God’s mercy: this is our
task as intercessors

32. Let us think of Saint Daniele Comboni, who with his missionary
brothers carried out a great work of evangelization in this land.
https://www.slideshare.net/pmartinflynn/saint-daniel-comboni-bishop-missionary-in-africapptx

33. Only with peace, stability and justice can there
be development and social reintegration.
MEETING WITH INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
“Freedom Hall” (Juba) - Saturday, 4 February 2023

34. I would like to thank Deputy
Special Representative Sara
Beysolow Nyanti for telling us that
today represents an opportunity
for people to realize what has been
going on for years in this country.

35. mothers, women are the key to transforming the country. If they receive
the proper opportunities, through their industriousness and their natural
gift of protecting life, they will have the ability to change the face of
South Sudan, to give it a peaceful and cohesive development!

36. you will be the trees that absorb the pollution of years
of violence and restore the oxygen of fraternity.

37. you are all brothers and sisters, children on
earth of God in heaven, the Father of us all.

38. We need a new chapter of encounter, which does not forget
past sufferings, but radiates the joyful light of fraternity.

39. I would also like to honour the many humanitarian workers who have lost their
lives, and to plead for respect for those who offer help and for the structures that
assist the population; they should not become targets of assaults and vandalism.

40. The three of us, as brothers, will give the blessing: together with my brother Justin and my brother
Iain, we will give all of you the blessing. With it comes the blessing of so many of our Christian
brothers and sisters in the world, who embrace and encourage you, knowing that you, your faith,
your inner strength and your dreams of peace, radiate all the beauty of our shared humanity.

41. That strength came to him from listening to the Lord (cf. vv. 2-4), who
had promised him that he was about to manifest his glory. Union with
God, trust in him, cultivated by prayer: this was the secret of the strength
that enabled Moses to lead the people from oppression to freedom
ECUMENICAL PRAYER
“John Garang” Mausoleum (Juba) –
Saturday, 4 February 2023

42. Christ “is our peace” precisely because he restores unity. It is
he who “made both groups into one and has broken down
the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us” (cf. Eph 2:14).

43. Scripture tells us that “the children of
God and the children of the devil are
revealed in this way: all who do not
do what is right are not from God,
nor are those who do not love their
brothers and sisters” (1 Jn 3:10).

44. The love of Christians is not only for those close to us,
but for everyone, for in Jesus each person is our neighbour,
our brother or sister – even our enemies (cf. Mt 5: 38-48).

45. It is a beautiful
thing that, amid
situations of great
conflict, those
who profess the
Christian faith
have never
fragmented the
people but have
been, and
continue to be,
a factor of unity.
Martyrs of the catholic and anglican church in Uganda
https://www.slideshare.net/pmartinflynn/martyrs-of-ugandapptx

46. “Continue to assist them, never acting as competitors but as members of a
family, brothers and sisters who, by their compassion for the suffering, the
beloved of Jesus, give glory to God and bear witness to the fellowship he loves”.
Recalling Pope Francis encounter with Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali,
Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, 8 years previous – 28-11-2015 -
https://www.slideshare.net/pmartinflynn/pope-francis-in-africa-2-editionpptx

47. HOLY MASS
“John Garang” Mausoleum (Juba) - Sunday, 5 February 2023
“When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you
the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know
nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor 2:1-2).

48. “You are the salt of the earth... You are the light of the world”
(Mt 5:13-14). the Beatitudes are the salt of the Christian life,
because they bring the wisdom of heaven down to earth

49. to be blessed, to be happy and fulfilled, we must not aim to be strong, rich and powerful,
but humble, meek, merciful; to do no evil to anyone, but to be peacemakers for everyone.

50. Salt is a tiny ingredient
and, once placed on food,
it disappears, it dissolves;
yet precisely in that way
it seasons the whole dish.
In the same way, even
though we are tiny and
frail, even when our
strength seems paltry
before the magnitude
of our problems and the
blind fury of violence,
we Christians are able
to make a decisive
contribution to
changing history.

51. let us lay down the weapons of hatred and revenge,
in order to take up those of prayer and charity.

52. “I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end
of the earth” (Is 49:6). - God the Father has sent his Son, who is the light of the
world (cf. Jn 8:12), the true light that enlightens every person and every people,
the light that shines in the darkness and dispels every cloud of gloom (cf. Jn 1:5.9).

53. we are called to radiate light, to give brightness to our
cities, our villages and homes, our acquaintances and
all our daily activities by our lives and good works.

54. South Sudan possesses a courageous Church, with close ties to the Church in Sudan,
as the Archbishop noted in referring to Saint Josephine Bakhita, a great woman who
by God’s grace transformed into hope all the sufferings that she endured. - As Pope
Benedict observed: “The hope born in her which had ‘redeemed’ her she could not
keep to herself; this hope had to reach many, to reach everybody” (Spe Salvi, 3).

55. we entrust to Mother Mary,
Queen of Peace, the cause of
peace in South Sudan and in
the entire African continent.
To Our Lady we also
entrust peace in our
world, especially in the
many countries at war

56. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 1-11-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating
weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Deus Caritas est 1,2– Benedict XVI
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke, evangelist
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptist
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Francis in Bahrain
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the
Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 1,2,3
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of the desert, Egypt
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saaint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis Xaviour
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John, apsotle and evangelist
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint Joseph

57. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 1-11-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la
Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Deus Caritas est 1,2– Benedicto XVI
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la
iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan, apostol y evangelista
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Juan Pablo II, Karol Wojtyla
San Leon Magno
San Lucas, evangelista
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro
Santos Simon y Judaa Tadeo, aposttoles
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
San Tomás Becket
SanTomás de Aquino
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Baréin
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Andrés, Apostol
Sant Antonio de l Deserto, Egipto
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Carlos Borromeo
San Columbanus 1,2
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Javier
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
Santa Cecilia
Sant Inés de Roma, virgen y martir
Saint Margaret,Queen of Scotland
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola