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Youths from South Sudan's Catholic Diocese of Rumbek on their peace pilgrimage to Tonj. Credit: Bishop Christian Carlassare

Youths in South Sudanese Diocese Walking 125Kms in Weeklong Pilgrimage to Preach Peace

Jan 10, 2024

Young people from South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Rumbek are walking from Rumbek to Tonj, some 125 kilometers, in a seven-day pilgrimage they started on Sunday, January 7 to sensitize communities in the East-Central African nation on the need for peace.

Sr. Rita Grunke sitted between two South Sudanese women during her farewell celebration at St. Josephine Bakhita Mapuordit Parish on 20 October 2023. Credit: Credit: OLSH/Rumbek Diocese/South Sudan

“Opportunity to be missionary”: Australian Nun on South Sudan Mission, 20 Years in Africa

Oct 24, 2023

Sr. Rita Grunke, an Australian member of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of Sacred Heart (OLSH), who is leaving South Sudan for her native country after two decades of service in Africa looks back at her experience in the world’s newest nation with appreciation.

What Pope Francis Wants Catholic Bishops in Africa, Asia to Know and Help Accomplish

Sep 13, 2023

“Guard the ecclesial fidelity of your people,” this was the final recommendation Pope Francis made to the 110 Catholic Bishops mostly from Africa and Asia during his audience with them inside the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace near St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

Youth attending the three-day retreat which the Eastern Deanery of the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek (CDOR) organized. Credit: Fr. Justin Ngbo

Prayer “key to succeed in life”: Catholic Missionary Priest in South Sudan to Youth

Aug 29, 2023

A Catholic Missionary Priest ministering in South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Rumbek (CDOR) has urged the youth to embrace a life of prayer.

Pietro Cardinal Parolin arrives in Rumbek Diocese. Credit: Rumbek Diocese

“Fear is driven out by perfect love”: Vatican Secretary of State to South Sudanese

Aug 20, 2023

Fear is an enemy of peace, and it makes people weak and fragile, Pietro Cardinal Parolin has said in his message to the people of God in South Sudan on the last day of his four-day visit to the East Central African country.

Pietro Cardinal Parolin during Holy Mass at Holy Family Cathedral of Rumbek Diocese. Credit: Rumbek Diocese

Vatican Cardinal Calls on South Sudanese to “abandon old ways”, Seek Reconciliation

Aug 19, 2023

The Vatican Secretary of State concluded his four-day visit to South Sudan on August 17 by calling upon the people of God in the country to abandon they old ways of war and division, and to work towards conversion in their pursuit of peace and reconciliation.

Bishop Mazzolari Memorial House that was inaugurated on 16 July 2023, the occasion of his 12th death anniversary. Credit: Fondazione CESAR

On Death Anniversary of Catholic Bishop in South Sudan, Successor Recalls Tireless “sower”

Jul 16, 2023

Bishop Christian Carlassare of Rumbek Diocese in South Sudan has remembered his predecessor, Bishop Caesar Mazzolari, as a tireless “sower”.

Bishop Christian Carlassare with the three Priests he ordained on 11 June 2023. Credit: Radio Good News/Facebook

“Don’t be people of many words”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan to Newly Ordained Priests

Jun 13, 2023

The newly ordained Priests for the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek will need to be keen on “action and service of God”, the Local Ordinary of the South Sudanese Diocese has said, cautioning them against the temptation to be “people of many words”. 

Bishop Christian Carlassare applying ashes on the youngest baby in the church. Credit: Fr. Wanyonyi Eric Simiyu, S.J.

“Powerful event”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan on Ecumenical Visit in Lenten Message

Feb 28, 2023

The ecumenical visit to South Sudan that was undertaken by Pope Francis alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields was “powerful event”, the Catholic Bishop of South Sudan’s Rumbek Diocese has said in his Lenten Pastoral Letter.

Bishop Mathew Remijo Adam of South Sudan's Wau Diocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Start from Self “to embrace peace, reconciliation”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan

Feb 27, 2023

The Catholic Bishop of South Sudan’s Wau Diocese has called upon the people of God in the East-Central African nation to start from the self in striving “to embrace peace and reconciliation” during the Lenten Season.

Credit: ACI Africa

United for Peace in South Sudan in the Nine-day “walking for peace”: Bishop, Pilgrims

Feb 3, 2023

Pilgrims in the nine-day “walking for peace” pilgrimage organized by the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek who arrived in Juba on Thursday, February 2, the eve of the arrival of Pope Francis in South Sudan, were united for peace and reconciliation in the country.

Bishop Christian Carlassare of South Sudan's Rumbek Diocese. Credit: ACI Africa

Ecumenical Visit to Show with “clarity a new common path” for South Sudan: Catholic Bishop

Jan 11, 2023

The planned ecumenical visit to South Sudan to be undertaken by Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields early next month will show “a new common path” for the people of God in the country, a Catholic Bishop in the East-Central African nation has said.

Bishop Christian Carlassare of South Sudan's Rumbek Diocese. Credit: Rumbek Diocese

Church in South Sudan Invited to share in Pope Francis' "pilgrimage of peace" During Visit

Dec 16, 2022

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan has invited people of different faiths in the East-Central African nation to prepare to join Pope Francis in his "pilgrimage of faith" during the Holy Father's planned Ecumenical visit to the country.

Bishop Christian Carlassare of Rumbek Diocese in South Sudan. Credit: Rumbek Diocese

Foster “evangelization, peace everywhere”: Bishop in South Sudan to New Deacons, Priests

Nov 23, 2022

Members of the Clergy are expected to be at the forefront in the fostering of the evagelization mission of the Church, realized in fostering peace, the Catholic Bishop of South Sudan’s Rumbek Dioceses has said. 

Bishop Christian Carlassare  of South Sudan's Rumbek Diocese. Credit: Rumbek Diocese

Synod on Synodality Call to Heal “wounds of violence, division”: Bishop in South Sudan

Nov 19, 2022

The ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality  is a call to heal “wounds of violence and division” that the people of God in South Sudan have experiences, the Bishop of the country’s Rumbek Diocese has said. 

Bishop Christian Carlassare of South Sudan's Rumbek Diocese. Credit: ACI Africa

Let’s Continue Praying for “a shared peaceful future”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan

Oct 20, 2022

The Catholic Bishop of South Sudan’s Rumbek Dioceses has urged the people of God in the East-Central African nation to continue praying for peace, unity and reconciliation towards “a shared peaceful future” in the country.

Some of the participants in the July 25-30 Diocesan Week on Synodality in Rumbek Diocese, South Sudan. Credit: Courtesy Photo

“Doing synodality” among Highlights of “Diocesan Week” on Synodality in Rumbek, S. Sudan

Aug 9, 2022

The need to go beyond discussing about the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality to “doing synodality” is among the highlights of the recently concluded “Diocesan Week” on synodality in the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, the Bishop of the South Sudanese Episcopal See has said.

Bishop Christian Carlassare of South Sudan's Rumbek Diocese. Credit: ACI Africa

Diocese in South Sudan to Introduce “care for creation” Classes in Catholic Schools

Jul 15, 2022

The Catholic Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan is set to include the social doctrine of the Church classes in the Primary and Secondary schools run by the Diocese to educate learners about care for the environment at the basic level in the East-central African country.

Pietro Cardinal Parolin in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2017. | Shutterstock.

Vatican State Secretary’s South Sudan Trip “doesn’t replace” Pope Francis’ Visit: Bishop

Jul 5, 2022

The visit of the Vatican Secretary of State to South Sudan on the day Pope Francis was previously scheduled to arrive in the East-Central African nation “doesn’t replace” the visit of the Holy Father to the country, a Catholic Bishop in the country has said.

Bishop Christian Carlassare of South Sudan's Rumbek Diocese. Credit: Radio Good News/Facebook

Catechists in Rumbek Diocese, South Sudan, Urged “to remain active” in Evangelization

Jun 30, 2022

Catechists in the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan have been called upon “to remain active” in their ministry of evangelization at the grassroots.