Tag: South Sudan
South Sudan's Independence, Transcript from Live Chat
July 12, 2012
In commemoration of South Sudan’s one-year independence anniversary this week, CRS and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops held a live web chat yesterday with four CRS experts on South Sudan, including two staff who currently live and work in Juba, South Sudan. If you missed the chat, you can read the full transcript for [...]
South Sudan's Independence, Web Chat on July 11
July 10, 2012
Join Catholic Relief Services and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for a live online web chat on July 11 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. The topic: Is Peace Still Possible One Year Later: Commemorating the Anniversary of South Sudan’s Independence Join our CRS experts for a chance to ask your questions: Chris [...]
South Sudan Celebrates Its One-Year Anniversary Today
July 9, 2012
Today South Sudan, the world’s newest country, celebrates the first anniversary of its independence. Read what four South Sudanese think and feel as they reflect on what independence means to them. See below for several photos that capture the emotion of July 9, 2011.
South Sudanese Bishops Mark 1st Anniversary of National Independence
July 6, 2012
The Catholic and Episcopal (Anglican) Archbishops of South Sudan, Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro of Juba and Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, have issued a joint pastoral letter in advance of the first anniversary of South Sudan’s independence celebrations on July 9. In their joint statement, they recognize the “many [...]
Update on Conflict in Sudan, South Sudan
April 30, 2012
Sean Callahan, CRS’ executive vice president for overseas operations, recently returned from a trip to South Sudan and shares his insights on the escalating conflict in the region in an interview with Currents, a news program on the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Net TV. Also, this week’s issue of America has an update on Sudan [...]
CRS in The Lancet on South Sudan Health Care
April 27, 2012
The prestigious medical journal The Lancet features an article on the challenges facing the health care system in the new nation of South Sudan as it deals with hostilities with Sudan, the country that until recently it was a part of. Writer Andrew Green quotes CRS’ South Sudan health program manager Aimee Lyons on the [...]
Your Prayers are Urgently Needed for Sudan
April 24, 2012
Your prayers are needed for peace in Sudan and South Sudan! South Sudan became the world’s newest nation after a referendum that was, against all odds, peaceful and orderly. It is a testimony to the power of prayer and the will of people who insisted that a peaceful future is possible for this war-torn region. [...]
Catholics Ask World Leaders to Help Determine Sudan-South Sudan Border
April 18, 2012
From the Catholic News Service, via U.S. Catholic: WASHINGTON (CNS) — Saying civilian lives are at risk, Catholic leaders appealed to the international community to step up efforts to prevent full-scale war from erupting over disputed territory along the tenuous Sudan-South Sudan border. Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Adwok Kur of Khartoum, Sudan, said in an email [...]
Vatican Radio Interviews CRS on South Sudan Violence
March 16, 2012
With hundreds killed this week in fresh ethnic violence in South Sudan what is the situation like in the world’s newest independent nation? The U.N. says some 350,000 people were displaced because of intercommunal violence in South Sudan last year, an impoverished country which is awash with small arms following decades of conflict . Sean [...]
Catholics Promote Peace in South Sudan
January 25, 2012
Catholic News Service reports on heroic efforts by Catholic Church leaders in South Sudan to maintain peace in the world’s newest nation. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) — The church in South Sudan and its partners in the U.S. are frustrated that their efforts to build peace in the infant country are threatened, but they [...]