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| Most Rev. Charles Daniel Balvo during the requiem Mass |
Addressing journalists at Divine Word Parish in Nairobi Kenya on Wednesday 25 May after he led the Requiem Mass for the Late Sister Veronica Archbishop Balvo said that he was hoping that she would recover from her wound but unfortunately she succumbed.
He said that it was unfortunate that Sr. Veronica who had done so much to the local people of South Sudan had to meet her death in such a sad way.
“I did not know her personally neither have I been to the Diocese of Yei. I have been to Torit, Malakal, and Rumbek; In fact, the Bishop of Yei had invited me to go there in November last year but because of the Pope’s visit to Kenya that had to be cancelled. Sometimes later I will go,” he said adding that “It is very unfortunate that the soldiers who shot at her did not know what they were doing. I was hoping that she would recover but I guess it was too much for her.”
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| The Late Sr. Veronica attending to her patients in Yei South Sudan |
Meanwhile, the Apostolic Nuncio has urged the South Sudanese leaders to put into practice everything that they promised the citizens in order to end the human suffering that has been caused by the political conflicts in the country.
“The leaders have now come together and promised to work for peace; we hope that all important words they have spoken, now will be put into action,” the Nuncio said.
By AMECEA Online News Correspondent