JUBA, South Sudan (CNS) When Pope Francis prayed that the bishops, priests and religious in South Sudan would be generous pastors and witnesses, armed only with prayer and love, he was, in many ways, preaching to the choir.
At a meeting in St. Theresa s Cathedral in Juba Feb. 4, he asked them to let themselves be constantly surprised by God s grace.
The smiles on the faces of the hundreds of churchworkers inside the cathedral and the thousands of members of their flocks outside showed t