“I therefore appeal to the government of National Unity; together with the all churches to begin with this process of National healing,” Archbishop Ameyu said.
The Prelate was installed as Archbishop of Juba on March 22. His last December appointment as Archbishop of Juba had been met with resistance through defamatory letters.
“There is no peace without justice. There has never been any justice in this country. This is a reality; this is the truth,” the Archbishop stated, citing St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, “Tell the truth in love.”
“The Church calls for the establishment of an independent Truth Reconciliation Commission, where every citizen will have an opportunity to talk the truth, only the truth, starting from 1955, can truly heal our community trauma and individual trauma,” he stated in his three-page message.
He added, “Those found responsible for the tragedy in South Sudan will answer for it through confessing their sins in public to the commission; so that they can be forgiven by their victims, that is the Church's way of reconciling people to God and their brothers and sisters.”
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Referencing Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta and South Africa’s Nelson Mandela who forgave and reconciled with their colonial masters after having undergone torture and unjust imprisonment for many years, Archbishop Ameyu exhorted South Sudanese “to learn to forgive and reconcile with one another.”
“Journey of reconciliation in fraternal communion which entails renouncing our desire to dominate others and learning to see one another as persons, sons, daughters of God, brothers and sisters,” he stated, citing Pope Francis.
“Easter is the feast of Reconciliation between God and man through the passion, death and resurrection (Paschal Mystery) of Christ,” the Archbishop said and continued, “Through Christ, God forgave our sins and we became reconciled with Him. Christ too reconciled us amongst ourselves when we accept the forgiveness and reconciliation of God.”
He concluded, “We turn to one another with God's grace of love and forgive one another in reconciliation. Because God loves us in Christ, we therefore love one another and establish communion with God and with one another.”