- Title: Nurture peace and make it last, Pope tells post-war Mozambique
- Date: 5th September 2019
- Summary: MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE (SEPTEMBER 5, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** POPE FRANCIS AND MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENT, FILIPE NYUSI, WALKING INTO CONFERENCE HALL POPE FRANCIS NYUSI HEADING TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENT, FILIPE NYUSI, SAYING: "Most Holy Father, this visit takes place at a time when the country seeks to recover from the devastation caused by cyclones Idai and Kenneth that, in March and April, sowed pain and mourning in the central and northern regions. In a tragic scenario of destruction, Mozambicans have once again revealed to the world their enormous capacity for resilience, compassion and love of neighbour, their capacity to be in solidarity with those who suffer." VARIOUS OF DIGNITARIES LISTENING POPE SPEAKING AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) POPE FRANCIS, SAYING "Mr President, distinguished authorities. All of you are meant to help create a magnificent work of art, the dawn of peace and reconciliation which can safeguard the right of your sons and daughters in the future. It is my prayer that, in this time that I will spend with you, I too, in communion with my brother bishops and the Catholic Church in this land, can help make peace, reconciliation and hope reign definitively in your midst." VARIOUS OF PRIESTS LISTENING POPE GETTING IN HIS OPEN TOP CAR NYUSI AND HIS WIFE ISAURA NYUSI WATCHING VARIOUS OF POPE LEAVING, WAVING FROM CAR
- Embargoed: 19th September 2019 11:58
- Keywords: Pope Francis Mozambique Filipe Nyusi pope's message nurture peace pope trip
- Location: MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
- City: MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
- Country: Mozambique
- Topics: Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
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- Story Text: Pope Francis urged the people of Mozambique on Thursday (September 5) to nurture their hard-earned peace and strive to provide equal opportunities for all so as not to slip back into civil war.
The pope addressed President Filipe Nyusi of the ruling Frelimo party and leaders of the Renamo opposition at the colonial-style presidential palace, where peacocks roam lush gardens, in contrast to busy streets outside.
The former Portuguese colony was engulfed in a 15-year civil war, that ended in 1992 and killed around a million people. Only last month was a permanent ceasefire signed.
In his address to the pope, Nyusi vowed to help build a nation that rejected violence and practised debate in its politics.
Pope Francis said if they wanted lasting peace, leaders had to discourage any form of fanaticism and strive to improve conditions and opportunities for the marginalised.
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