France, Feb. 4 -- On his first papal visit to war-torn South Sudan, Francis has urged clergy to raise their voices against injustice. He also met children displaced by conflict and pleaded for women and girls to be honoured.

Pope Francis is on an unprecedented "pilgrimage of peace" in South Sudan alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Church of Scotland Moderator Iain Greenshields.

Their visit is aimed at restarting the country's stalled peace process and draw international attention to the continued fighting.

South Sudan broke away from Sudan in 2011 but has been wracked by civil war since 2013.

Despite a 2018 peace deal between the two main antagonists, inter-ethnic fighting continues to claim lives anddisplace larg...