No Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve due to insecurity -Archbishop Lokudu Ray Okech | December 22, 2016 | 8:50 pm
A man walks his children home after Christmas day prayers at St. Theresa Cathedral in Juba The Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba says there will be no evening prayers on a christmas eve in Juba due to security fears.Paulino Lokudu Loro says several armed people prefers shooting guns in the air during Christmas eve, and this is a concern for the church. TRADITIONALLY, CHRISTIANS HOLDS MIDNIGHT MASS ON CHRISTMAS EVE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT JESUS WAS BORN AT NIGHT (BASED IN LUKE 2:6-8), IN COMMEMORATION OF HIS BIRTH. But Archbishop Lokudu said as a precautionary measures, there will be no night fellowship or Midnight Mass on the night of December 24th.“You always shoot guns, who do think will come for prayers? So that is the reason,” said Lokudu. He appealed for restrains and avoidance of killing or stealing as people celebrate Christmas.Archbishop Paulino Lokudu Loro also urged the people of South Sudan to drop ethnic differences and work together for peace to prevail in the country. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ormz5aKmZNwmAWwz1TkBS_pxwf12kjd-PoVL5A-bqko0A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
