The bishops made the call in an Easter pastoral letter, released April 11 after they met in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, to prepare for the visit set for July 5-7 under the theme, “May all be one.”
In Easter message, bishops urge prayers for papal visit to South Sudan
Catholic hospitals in Syria working to help indigent patients
Three Catholic-run hospitals providing life-saving services free of charge to vulnerable Syrians hope to aid some 50,000 patients by the project’s end next year.
South Sudan religious leaders persist in hope amid new nation’s turmoil
Amid the tragic headlines since before Christmas, Christian leaders in South Sudan say they must hold out hope for peace in the war-scarred nation.
Under the radar: South Sudan needs media attention, immediate action
With Pope Francis’ visitation to South Sudan on hold, which was meant to be next on the list for his travel to red-flag the disastrous effects facing millions of South Sundanese people, how does this tragedy get on the world’s radar now?
Bishop urges Tillerson to use diplomacy to resolve simmering Congo crisis
U.S. diplomacy could head off violence and instability, as the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace called on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to undertake efforts to ensure that democratic elections are carried out by the end of the year.
Famine, worsened by war, threatens South Sudanese, official says
Some 5 million people in South Sudan — half of its total population — are on the brink of starvation and a quarter of a million children are already severely malnourished, a representative from the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services said.
Informative overview of religious freedom debate is easy to read
“Believers, Thinkers and Founders: How We Came to Be One Nation Under God” by Kevin Seamus Hasson. Image Books (New York, 2016). 227 pp., $20. The […]