KENYA: Apostolic Nuncio asks Kenyan Bishops to participate in the day of Prayer for Peace.
H.E. Most Rev. Charles D. Balvo Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan
H.E. Most Rev. Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan has asked Kenyan Bishops to take the most suitable initiatives in order to enable the local Church to take part in the day of prayer and fasting for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in South Sudan and in the whole world.
In a letter dated 5th February, 2018 and addressed to Archbishops and Bishops in Kenya, the Apostolic Nuncio said that, “His Holiness Pope Francis has decided that, Friday, 23 February 2018, will be a day of Prayer and fasting for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in South Sudan and in the whole world.”
Archbishop Balvo said that, the Holy Father desires that the Church throughout the world participate in this initiative, in order to ask God, infinite in mercy, for a conversion of hearts especially of those who have responsibility for leading those countries or who are in some way involved.
The Holy Father has shown great concern to people affected by war and conflict throughout the world and especially South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo. On 23rd November 2017, he led a special prayer for peace in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying the mass murder of women and children is where “war shows its most horrid face.”
South Sudan plunged into civil war in December 2013, two and a half years after it gained independence from Sudan. The conflict has left tens of thousands dead and forced a third of the country’s 12 million people out of their homes.
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Source: AMECEA Online Correspondent
