By Jesse Masai Correspondent After living for several years in refugee camps in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda, the Rev. John Chol Daau thought his life was over. “On one occasion, I spent three to six months along the Ethiopia-South Sudan border, before briefly returning home in 1991,” the Anglican priest from the Diocese of Bor in the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and … [Read more...] about South Sudan’s Lost Boy Pastor Shows the Way
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Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury Plan Peace Visit to South Sudan
By Mark Michael Archbishop Justin Welby and Pope Francis will travel together to South Sudan early in 2020 if the nation’s leaders continue to make progress in developing a unity government. The pastoral visit, which would be the first of its kind, grows out of several years of intimate involvement in the nation’s peace process by the two leaders. The Vatican Press Office … [Read more...] about Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury Plan Peace Visit to South Sudan
Crash Kills Bishop of Yirol
The Rt. Rev. Simon Adut Yuang, Bishop of Yirol in South Sudan, was one of 20 people killed in a plane crash Sept. 9. The plane crashed into Lake Yirol as it attempted to land. Reports say that thick fog around Yirol, in the center of the country, may have played a part in the accident. Only three of the plane’s passengers (two children and an Italian doctor) … [Read more...] about Crash Kills Bishop of Yirol
S. Sudanese Opposition Leaves Talks
Opposition groups in South Sudan’s civil war have rejected a draft compromise agreement and withdrawn from peace talks. Government and opposition groups were in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to find a solution to the war. In the first part of the talks, mediated by the Anglican Archbishop of South Sudan, the sides reached agreement on a cessation of hostilities. But the … [Read more...] about S. Sudanese Opposition Leaves Talks
Sudanese Church Plans School
By John Martin Despite civil war and 500 percent inflation, the Episcopal Church of South Sudan is pressing ahead with plans to found an Anglican university for the nation. The plan is to open the multi-campus university in the next two years. An important part of the vision for the new institution is being a catalyst for national unity, and it will be open to all … [Read more...] about Sudanese Church Plans School