The Rev. Ramadan Chan Liol, the general secretary of the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox church grouping, said the appeal by Salva Kiir Mayardit agreed with one the churches were sending to their followers.
“Our faith is built on forgiveness. If there is no forgiveness, there will be no peace,” Chan said.
Two civil wars, one from 1955 to 1972 and the other from 1983 to 2005, led to the deaths of more than two million people. Nevertheless, Chan, who leads the Baptist Church in Sudan, urged Christians and followers of traditional religions to stop being bitter with those from the mainly Arab and Islamic north.
“We must now focus on the many challenges that face us as a new nation. They are quite enormous,” Chan said.
