{"id":4444,"date":"2025-04-24T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:31:11","slug":"president-salva-kiir-offers-condolences-on-the-passing-of-pope-francis-at-vatican-embassy-in-juba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=4444","title":{"rendered":"President Salva Kiir Offers Condolences on the Passing of Pope Francis at Vatican Embassy in Juba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President of the Republic of South Sudan, <strong>Salva Kiir Mayardit<\/strong>, paid his respects following the passing of <strong>Pope Francis<\/strong> during an official visit to the <strong>Vatican Embassy in Juba<\/strong> on Thursday. President Kiir signed the book of condolences, expressing the nation\u2019s profound sorrow and praising the late Pope\u2019s unwavering commitment to peace and service to humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Francis held a unique bond with South Sudan, making history in <strong>2023<\/strong> as the first pontiff to visit the country, delivering powerful messages calling for <strong>peace and reconciliation<\/strong>. In a deeply moving gesture in <strong>2019<\/strong>, the Pope knelt and kissed the feet of South Sudanese leaders during a meeting at the Vatican\u2014an unprecedented act urging unity and national healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Kiir described the late Pope as a <strong>\u201ctrue friend of the people of South Sudan,\u201d<\/strong> affirming that his legacy will remain deeply embedded in the nation&#8217;s conscience and its journey toward lasting peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flags across the country have been flown at half-mast in mourning, as the nation unites in grief over the loss of a global spiritual leader who touched the hearts of millions, especially in South Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, paid his respects following the passing of Pope Francis during an official visit to the Vatican Embassy in Juba on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4446,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions\/4446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}