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Revival of South Sudan’s Ecumenical Network on Course, Church Officials Optimistic
A two-day forum bringing together members of the Ecumenical Network South Sudan (ENSS) in Juba has given hope to the revival of the religious entity that engages internal and external...
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“It is an affordable good quality education”: Comboni Missionaries in South Sudan
In a country with high levels of illiteracy, the provision of education by Catholic Church institutions is helping in guaranteeing a future of many young people amid challenges occasioned by...
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Comboni Missionaries in South Sudan: Contribution to Nation Building, Challenges
Since the founder of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and the Comboni Missionary Sisters (Verona Fathers and Sisters), Italian-born St. Daniel Comboni launched his plan “save Africa...
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Catholic Teacher Training College in S. Sudan to Adopt New “student-centered” Curriculum
Solidarity with South Sudan (SSS), a Catholic collaborative entity of religious congregations involved in capacity building in the world’s youngest nation through education, health, agriculture and pastoral programs, has expressed readiness...
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“Solidarity with South Sudan” Seeking to Recruit Rome-Based Mission Promoter
The collaborative association comprising men and women religious institutes and members of the Unions of Superiors General (USG) in partnership with the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC) known as Solidarity...
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Sant’Egidio Facilitates “cessation of hostilities, humanitarian access” in South Sudan
The Rome-based lay Catholic association dedicated to the provision of social services and arbitrating conflicts, Sant’Egidio Community has, in a two-day meeting at its headquarters with representatives of government and...
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Four African Nations Among Eight on UK-based Aid Agency’s Humanitarian Watchlist in 2020
A month after the UN relief chief Mark Lowcock revealed that an estimated 168 million people across the globe will need humanitarian aid in 2020, the highest number in decades,...
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U.S. Sanctions on South Sudanese Leaders Linked to Peace Process: Church Officials Reflect
Sanctions on South Sudanese political leaders in recent times are part of the process of ensuring peace in the world’s youngest nation, Catholic Church officials working under the Conference of...
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Rome-Based Lay Catholic Association Meets South Sudanese “dissidents”
With the countdown to the possible formation of South Sudan’s unity government into the last full month after the latest 100-day extension, a group of opposition leaders is currently in...
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“Forget past, go in for reconciliation,” South Sudanese Archbishop-Elect Tells Soldiers
As the combined armed forces of Government and Opposition group kick-start military training as envisaged in the September 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS),...
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South Sudan’s Bari Community Distances Itself from Protesters to Papal Transfer
The leadership of the Bari community in South Sudan has, in a letter, responded to critics who have termed members of the indigenous of Juba tribalists following letters signed by...
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Sudanese Bishops ‘support unreservedly’ Papal Transfer, Regret Defamatory Letters
Several days after letters expressing rejection of a Papal transfer of a Bishop in South Sudan emerged, the heads of dioceses in Sudan and South Sudan constituting the Sudan Catholic...
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Latest Rivals’ Pledge to Form South Sudan Unity Government “positive”, Two Priests Say
The December 17 announcement by South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and Vice-President designate Dr. Riek Machar that they have agreed to form a unity government by the February deadline has...
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Lasting Peace Preoccupies Church Leaders in South Sudan Ahead of Christmas Festivities
Leaders of Christian denominations in the world’s youngest nation have, in their collective Christmas message, to advocate for lasting peace in their country, imploring the parties in conflict to engage...
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Pope Transfers Bishop in South Sudan, Appoints New Bishops in Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria
On Thursday, December 12, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of two African Prelates and made three Episcopal appointments for the Church in Africa that included the transfer of the Local...
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South Sudanese Bishop Supports Post-Election Referendum to Resolve States’ Controversy
Weeks after a South Sudanese Bishop recommended that the controversy around boundaries and the number of states in his country be resolved through engaging citizens in a poll, the Government...
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Pastoral Agents in South Sudan’s Rumbek Diocese “sensitized” on Gender-Based Violence
In the context of the United Nation’s (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women marked on November 25, the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reached...
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Church Officials Call for Accountability from South Sudan’s Pre-Transitional Leaders
Following reports that the government of South Sudan recently released US$40 million out of the pledged US$ 100 million to the National Pre-Transitional Committee (NPTC), an entity created to facilitate...
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Advocacy, Dialogue, Reconciliation Guide South Sudan Church-led Peace Process, Priest Says
Days after leaders of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) welcomed the second postponement of the formation of a unity government contemplated in the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution...
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Creation of Unity Government in South Sudan a Precondition for Pope Francis’ Joint Visit
Three days after Pope Francis led Catholic faithful in praying for peace and reconciliation in South Sudan and expressed the hope to visit the East African country, the Holy Father...
