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South Sudanese hope for peace and unity with the Pope's visit / 338A87H
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Pope Francis is set to begin his three-day trip to South Sudan, starting February 2, the first by a pope to the mostly Christian country since achieving statehood in 2011. Since parting from Muslim-majority Sudan, South Sudan has been anything but peaceful, with civil war and ethnic strife destroying any sense of the national unity heralded at its independence. The pontiff's visit is being hailed as a "peace pilgrimage" and there is optimism that Francis can revive the lost spirit of brotherhood in the traumatized young country. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES