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Pope's South Sudan visit inspires president to resume peace talks

 The President of South Sudan says he will resume his engagement with a Church-led peace process in response to Pope Francis’ landmark ecumenical pilgrimage to the war-torn country.  President Salva Kiir made the announcement in the garden of the presidential palace on the afternoon of 3 February in front of the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Church of Scotland’s moderator, Iain Greenshields.