South Sudan Peace
Sister Mumbi in South Sudan
As fate would have it, my arrival in Juba coincided with the arrival of Pope Francis in South Sudan for his first ever visit to the country, accompanied by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Iain Greenshields. As my plane approached Juba, I…
Pope Francis close to people of South Sudan
“Pope Francis has repeatedly expressed his constant concern for the plight of the South Sudanese people, and over the years has launched several appeals for peace in the country…” Many of these initiatives are cited in a recent article published in the Vatican News, “An Overview of the Church in South Sudan.” Now, Pope Francis…
Retreat center offers a ‘calm place’ in the midst of war
Every once in a while, Sister Rosa Anthony needs to get away from it all. A Sister of Charity who serves as a teacher in Rejaf, South Sudan, Sister Rosa looks forward to opportunities to come to the Good Shepherd Peace Center in Kit. The center is the home base for Solidarity with South Sudan’s…
‘Don’t get tired of talking about South Sudan,’ pleads ecumenical leader
The head of South Sudan’s main ecumenical body has appealed to the world not to give up on his country, which during its first decade of independence has repeatedly slid backward into political and ethnic violence. “Sometimes in my work I feel hopeless, but then I feel a push. That means there is someone over…
Midwives bring peace to South Sudan
As a child, Nancy Kamilo wanted to grow up to be a pilot. In her village of Raja, just west of Wau, she dreamed of soaring into the sky, far away from the conflicts tearing apart her homeland. Yet as a teenager, things changed after she called on sick relatives in the hospital, or women…
Farm nourishes students in Wau
Abraham Makuac grew up in the small town of Aweil, South Sudan, but wanted a better education than what was available there. So his family sent him to live with relatives and enroll in school in Wau, the capital of Western Bahr el Ghazal State. But he also needed to earn some money, so he…