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Pope to visit DR Congo, South Sudan in early 2023

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Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan early next year, the Vatican said on Thursday.

The pontiff cancelled a scheduled trip to the two countries in July because of health problems.

In a statement on Thursday, the Vatican said Francis would go to Congo from January 31 to February 3 and then spend two days in South Sudan alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

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The Pope, according to the statement, will go to the DRC capital Kinshasa but made no mention of a visit to Goma, the restive part of the vast East African country.

After DRC, he will fly to Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

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