{"id":644072,"date":"2019-06-23T08:27:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T08:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div> <div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/06\/09110412-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Pope Francis\" title=\"Pope Francis\"\/><\/div><p>Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace in S"},"modified":"2019-06-23T08:27:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T08:27:02","slug":"pope-appeals-for-peace-dialogue-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/23\/pope-appeals-for-peace-dialogue-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope appeals for peace, dialogue in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/09110412-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Pope Francis\" title=\"Pope Francis\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace in Sudan following a bloody crackdown by security forces on pro-democracy protesters in Khartoum last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe news coming from Sudan is giving rise to pain and concern. We pray for these people, so that the violence ceases and the common good is sought in the dialogue,\u201d the pope said in his weekly address to crowds in St Peter\u2019s Square.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition medics say 113 people were killed in this week\u2019s violence in the Sudanese capital, while the government has put the death toll at 61, including three members of the security services.<\/p>\n<p>Sudan\u2019s main alliance of opposition groups and protesters have urged workers and employees to stay home on Sunday, launching what it called a campaign of civil disobedience to force military rulers to hand over power to civilians.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3E3E3E\"><i>Get more stories like this on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/todayng\" style=\"color: #ED1C24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace in Sudan following a bloody crackdown by security forces on pro-democracy protesters in Khartoum last week. \u201cThe news coming from Sudan is giving rise to pain and concern. 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