Wau, 29 November, 2023 / 8:41 pm (ACI Africa).
At the launch of the Eucharistic Congress in South Sudan, Stephen Cardinal Ameyu Martin Mulla of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba has urged leaders to “disinfect people from tribalism” in order to build a stronger and more united country.
Addressing the faithful during the launch of the yearlong Eucharistic Congress on November 26 in the Catholic Diocese of Wau, Cardinal Mulla said it is the task of the government and Church leaders to free the country of tribalism.
‘‘We as Church leaders and as government leaders have to disinfect our people from tribalism and regionalism because it is only through that can we build a strong South Sudan, so that we can be one people of God,” the South Sudanese Cardinal said.
He added, “We need to be serious about our own roles, each one of us especially, those who are the leaders in the government and those who are leaders in the church. It is a difficult task because our people have been infected by the sickness called tribalism and we are the ones to disinfect them from this tribalism.’’
Prior to the launch of the Eucharistic Congress, Catholic Bishops, Catholic Diocesan delegates and Christians in the Catholic Diocese of Wau made a solemn procession on November 25 from St Josephine Bakhita Prayer Centre - Lokoloko to St Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in Wau town.
