SOUTH SUDAN: Bishop Warns Citizens against Division as Constitution Commission urges Church to Increase Awareness

The
Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba warned citizens against
division in the country.

Auxiliary Bishop Of Juba Rt. Rev. Santo Loku Pio

In
his homily on Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Liturgical year Bishop
Santo Loku Pio said that the people in the country are divided on tribal,
family and regional lines.

He
cautioned that the division has a diverse negative impact on citizens and called
on South Sudanese to forget the past and love one another.

In
a separate occasion, South Sudan Constitutional Review Commission chairperson
called on the church to increase its role in raising awareness on the
constitutional review process.

Akolda
Maan Tier underscored the role played by the Church during the liberation
struggle in fighting without guns and its significant influence that led to
peace.

He
told the religious leaders in Juba that Church played a very big role in
advocacy and lobbying public opinion during the liberation struggle and that it
should continue to play bigger role in enlightening the public on the Constitution
review.

Professor
Tier said the Commission is currently involved in wider public consultations on
the Constitution amendment.

Source: Sudan Catholic
Radio Network