The Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary were founded three decades ago in southern Sudan. But to most who know them, they are called the “Blue Sisters” for the bright color of their habits.
In the South Sudanese Diocese of Tombura Yambio, Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala tasked them with providing
Pope Francis has described the Easter Sunday attacks on churches in Sri Lanka as acts of “cruel violence” and has pledged his solidarity with the country’s Christian community.
During an Easter Sunday, Urbi et Orbi address – “to the City and to the World” – Francis responded to the wave of
Andrew Berends, the director behind the documentary film “Madina’s Dream” has died. Berends spent his career making films that illuminated underreported aspects of various international conflicts, particularly in Africa.
In 2015, his film “Madina’s Dream” gave a potent look inside the Sudanese civil war as well as refugees fighting to
South Sudan President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar will be guests of the head of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion in the Vatican, where they’ll take part in an ecumenical retreat on April 10-11 in an effort to help implement the country’s peace deal.
For the
Principal at the Loreto Rumbek Primary and Secondary School
Born in Bray, Ireland, Sister Orla Treacy joined the congregation of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM), known as the Loreto Sisters, after studying to become a teacher of religion. Sr. Orla started her mission in South Sudan after
South Sudan’s peace deal is fatally flawed, the country’s bishops said as they committed the church to helping forge new negotiations. They also recommended a series of measures to end the conflict.
While South Sudan’s main warring parties signed a deal in September to end the five-year civil war that
At least 32 churches have been burned down in the Nuba Mountains area of Sudan over the past year, with reports that up to 40 more may have been demolished, according to opposition leaders.
Although a ceasefire is technically in place between the Sudanese government of President Omar al-Bashir, who
Pope Francis has met with the president of South Sudan and told him that he still hopes to visit the country “as a sign of closeness to the population and of encouragement for the peace process.”
Francis met with President Salva Kiir in the Apostolic Palace on Saturday. Later, the
South Sudan risks sliding into famine this year if timely interventions are not made, according to a new report from the United Nations.
The five-year civil war has slashed crude production, heralding economic chaos in the world’s youngest country. Nearly 7 million people in South Sudan could face severe food
Inside the Juba Teaching Hospital’s neonatal clinic, 1 in 10 babies brought to this clinic will die, most from treatable conditions. But mothers have nowhere else to go; it is the only public neonatal clinic in South Sudan.
The world’s youngest nation is one of the toughest places in the