Bishop in South Sudan appeals for food amid continued atrocities
The bishop of a diocese in South Sudan is appealing for food as his region in the county’s south has been hit by rebel atrocities.
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by bcadmin | Oct 20, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Hunger, News, South Sudan, war crimes | 0 |
The bishop of a diocese in South Sudan is appealing for food as his region in the county’s south has been hit by rebel atrocities.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, Refugee crisis, South Sudan | 0 |
Sitting on a mat with her four children outside her tent in this United Nations camp, Achol Dut, a South Sudanese refugee, said she wants to return to her country and rebuild her life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 22, 2022 | Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Hunger, lead, News, South Sudan, Ukraine Crisis, World Food Program | 0 |
More than 8 million people in South Sudan are experiencing severe food insecurity, the worst figure on record since independence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 13, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, South Sudan | 0 |
As South Sudan marked its 11th anniversary of independence, a Catholic bishop lamented that Africa’s newest nation continued to face numerous challenges that threaten peace and unity and block opportunities for long-term reconciliation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 7, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, South Sudan | 0 |
While many people were disappointed that Pope Francis was unable to make his long-awaited visit to Congo and South Sudan, Cardinal Pietro Parolin assured the people that the pope had not given up on visiting them.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Associated Press, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Church in Africa, lead, News, South Sudan | 0 |
Hundreds of people braved a scorching sun Tuesday to welcome Pope Francis’s envoy to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, where many were disappointed last month when the pontiff canceled a trip to this East African country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 2, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, lead, News, Papal travel, Pope Francis, South Sudan, Vatican | 0 |
On the same day he should have been leaving for a highly-anticipated trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis sent a message to citizens of the two countries, telling them to work toward reconciliation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 28, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, News, Papal travel, Papal Trips, South Sudan | 0 |
Although he postponed his own trip to Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Pietro Parolin, his secretary of state, to visit the two countries July 1-8, the Vatican press office said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Civil war, Congo, News, papal trip, Pope Francis, South Sudan | 0 |
Mary Akol Chok, a resident of Rumbek, South Sudan, is among thousands of residents who had planned to walk for more than 180 miles to the country’s capital, Juba, to meet Pope Francis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 12, 2022 | Democratic Republic of Congo, lead, News, Pope Francis, South Sudan, Synod of Bishops on Youth, Vatican | 0 |
“It is with great disappointment that I have had to make this decision … and I ask your forgiveness,” Francis said Sunday at the end of his weekly Sunday Angelus prayer.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 10, 2022 | Congo, lead, News, Papal health, Papal travel, Pope Francis, South Sudan, Vatican | 0 |
On Friday the Vatican announced that Pope Francis’s planned trip to the Congo and South Sudan in July has been put on hold due his knee problems, marking the first time the pope has postponed a trip for health reasons.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 9, 2022 | Books, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indigenous peoples, lead, News, News Analysis, South Sudan | 0 |
Assuming the pontiff’s health holds up, Pope Francis’s outings between now and September will take him to three foreign countries and two destinations inside Italy.
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