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Pope Francis' plane lands in Juba at the start of a three-day visit to South Sudan to promote peace and reconciliation in the world's youngest country. IMAGES
Pope Francis boards the papal plane as he wraps up his visit to South Sudan, with peace and reconciliation the theme of his three-day trip to the world's newest nation. Francis is on the first papal visit to the largely Christian country since it achieved independence from mainly Muslim Sudan in 2011 and plunged into a civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people. IMAGES
Crowd of faithful is gathered to attend Pope Francis' ecumenical prayer in Juba, South Sudan, where the Pope is making an official visit, accompanied by the heads of the Churches of England and Scotland, representatives of the country's two other Christian denominations. From 2013 to 2018, South Sudan, which has a population of 12 million, 60% of whom are Christians, was in the grip of a bloody civil war that left 380,000 people dead. IMAGES
The Pope arrives in a wheelchair at St Teresa's Cathedral in Juba to meet religious representatives during a visit to South Sudan. IMAGES
Accompanied by Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and Iain Greenshields of the Church of Scotland, Pope Francis meets with the authorities and diplomatic corps of South Sudan at the Presidential Palace in Juba. IMAGES
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