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Homily at the Mass of Blessed Josephine Bakhita
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY
TO BENIN, UGANDA AND KHARTOUM (SUDAN)
EUCHARISTIC CONCELEBRATION
IN HONOR OF BLESSED JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
Green Square, Khartoum (Sudan)
Wednesday, 10 February 1993
"Come...
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