Sudanese in Egypt mourn first pope to visit their country
AFP, April, 2005
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CAIRO (AFP) — Hundreds of Sudanese Roman Catholics have gathered in Cairo to mourn John Paul II, the first pope to visit their country and to put it on the ecclesiastical map.
"The Catholic church has lost its father," said Father Achilles Kasozi, during a solemn mass at the Sacred Heart church late Monday to pay tribute to the pontiff, who died Saturday.
A picture of John Paul, adorned with 10 candles, rested against the altar in front of the faithful, some of them shedding tears.
Kasozi urged worshippers to "pray that we may serve the Church as John Paul II did" and to continue praying at home "that his soul may rest in eternal peace."
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More than 800 members of the Sudanese community, many of them refugees, attended the mass, including James Gore.
"He was a man of peace and he always remembered Sudan in his prayers," said Gore ...
