{"id":4628,"date":"2022-04-13T05:02:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2022-04-13T05:02:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:02:31","slug":"bishops-urge-political-leaders-to-embrace-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/13\/bishops-urge-political-leaders-to-embrace-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishops urge political leaders to embrace peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Adia Jildo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sudan Catholic Bishops\u2019 conference for Sudan and South Sudan has urged the government to maintain the promises of not taking the country back to war and pave way for justice, peace and reconciliation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The catholic clergymen said a lot of humanitarian assistances are currently needed by the citizens of the two countries due to recent conflicts and climate change leaving many with dire needs.<br>\u201cIt is a difficult year for the two countries because many still die due to armed conflict, women, children and elderly and even sick people are killed on their sick bed,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany of our brothers and sisters are still in IDP camps, refugee camps and others are in exile. They live with uncertainties whether they will ever reunite with their families,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter addressing Christians to celebrate the Easter stated that Christians should prepare for the coming of Pope Francis, who is coming to communicate the message of St.Peter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They said the visit of the Pope is to confirm faith and to communicate peace which is the first gift to the disciples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe remember his touching gesture, the kissing of the feet of our political leaders, a humble but compassionate appeal for peace in our country,\u201d the clergy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hope his visit will renew us, as we are still shaken by forces of violence, death and by the evil of ethnic division within our church and society,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clergymen encouraged Christians not to abandon Christ in the trying times but rather to remain in strong faith of the risen Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adia Jildo The Sudan Catholic Bishops\u2019 conference for Sudan and South Sudan has urged the government to maintain the promises of not taking the country back to war and pave way for justice, peace and reconciliation.&nbsp; The catholic clergymen said a lot of humanitarian assistances are currently needed by<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/13\/bishops-urge-political-leaders-to-embrace-peace\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4631,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions\/4631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}