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Campaign by Catholic Doctors for Goiter Patients Reveals South Sudan’s High Medical Demand
Catholic doctors in South Sudan’s Diocese of Wau have successfully conducted surgeries on more than 20 goiter patients in the East-Central African country in an initiative that has revealed a...
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Church Leaders in South Sudan Want Peace Restored Ahead of Unity Government Anniversary
Church leaders and representatives of various civil groups in South Sudan are appealing to the government to restore peace, security and stability in the East-Central African country ahead of the...
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Catholic Doctors in South Sudan Target Goitre Patients in New Medical Campaign
Catholic Doctors in South Sudan’s Diocese of Wau have launched a campaign at the Comboni hospital to operate goitre patients in ten days.
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Catholic Clinic in South Sudan Closed Down After All Doctors Test Positive for COVID-19
A Catholic Health Centre of South Sudan’s Wau Diocese has temporarily shut down after the three only doctors at the facility tested positive for COVID-19 and have been isolated to...
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Introducing New Bank Notes Points to Corruption, Failing Economy: Bishop in South Sudan
A Catholic Bishop has criticized the South Sudanese government for introducing into circulation a one-thousand-pound banknote intended to clear away large amounts of smaller notes for transaction and to facilitate...
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Bishop in South Sudan Calls on Government to Reorganize Soldiers, Weed Out Militants
The Catholic Bishop of South Sudan’s Tombura-Yambio has called on the country’s Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) to reorganize the army forces under a sole command and control...
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South Sudan’s Rumbek Diocese Trains Women on Peace and Reconciliation
South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Rumbek in collaboration with peace organizations in the country is realizing a training aimed to equip women in the East-Central African country with reconciliation and...
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Catholic Teacher in South Sudan Worried Prolonged Lockdown May Lead to Early Marriages
As schools in South Sudan remain closed in adherence to a fresh lockdown in the East-Central African nation, a Catholic teacher in the country’s Yei Diocese is concerned that the...
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South Sudanese Bishop Urges Government “to reverse” Ban on Public Worship
A Catholic Bishop in South Sudan has appealed to the government to reverse a ban on public worship as the East Central African country battles the second wave of COVID-19,...
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Bishop in South Sudan Suspends Public Prayers Following Fresh Ban on Social Gatherings
Following South Sudan’s government circular ordering a one-month partial lockdown after a surge in COVID-19 reported cases, the Catholic Bishop of Wau Diocese has directed that all public liturgical celebrations...
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Jesuits, UNHCR Partner to Improve Living Conditions of Deprived Populations in South Sudan
The leadership of the international refugee organization of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to improve the...
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Catholic Schools in Juba, South Sudan Maintain Old Schedule after Change of Time Zone
While South Sudan has officially changed from East African Time (E.A.T.) zone to Central African Time (C.A.T.), the leadership of Catholic Schools in the country’s Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba has...
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South Sudanese Official Lauds Pope Francis for Peace Initiatives, Showing Love
An official in South Sudan’s government has praised the affection of Pope Francis to people of God in the East-Central African nation manifested in his peace initiatives in the country.
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South Sudanese Bishop Explains Evangelization Roadmap of First Diocesan Synod
The Bishop of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio has, in an interview with ACI Africa, explained the roadmap toward the implementation of the Diocesan Synod conceived some years ago...
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Clerics in South Sudan Encouraged to Remain Informed, Revise “Theology and live it”
Catholic Priests in South Sudan have, at the celebration of the Episcopal Ordination of the Bishop of Wau Diocese, been called upon to keep updating their theological knowledge to be...
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Salesian Missionary Establishes Hospital for Vulnerable Population in South Sudan
An Italy-based member of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) has facilitated the establishment of a gynecology and obstetrics hospital in the Catholic mission of Tonj...
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South Sudanese Archbishop Opposes Envisaged Adoption of New Time Zone
The South Sudan government has announced plans to change to a new time zone, a move that has been criticized by a Catholic Bishop in the East-Central African country who...
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South Sudan’s Multiple Crises Cause for Alarm, Catholic Agency Urges Quick Response
Various crises in South Sudan have exposed millions of citizens of the East-Central African nation to a life-threatening situation, a Catholic agency has cautioned, calling for urgent intervention to “avert...
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Let Refugees, IDPs Find Peace When They Come Home, South Sudanese Bishop to Politicians
Following random murders of civilians by what authorities have referred to as “unknown gunmen” in South Sudanese villages, a Catholic Bishop has told politicians to make the country peaceful for...
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South Sudanese Diocese Set to Dedicate Feast of Don Bosco to Youth Challenges
As the Church prepares to commemorate the life of St. John Bosco, a priest known for his humility and dedication to helping young boys succeed in life, a Catholic Diocese...
