On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Monsignor Ionut Paul Strejac, Chargé d’Affaires of the Vatican Nunciature in South Sudan, conveyed Pope Francis’ closeness to the struggling nation with a gift of 30,000 US dollars for the people of the Diocese of Malakal. This comes in addition to the 75,000 US dollars already sent by the Pope last October.