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Pope Francis shakes hands with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir during a private audience at the Vatican March 16, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media)
Harare, Zimbabwe Despite a recent escalation in violence across South Sudan, including a spate of attacks against clergy, Catholic leaders in the country continue to hope that Pope Francis will be able to finally undertake a long-planned voyage there.
Jesuit Fr. Augustine Ekeno, who serves at St. Teresa Parish in the Rumbek Diocese, told NCR that the visit, in the works since 2017, would bring some hope to the people in this country who have suffered for many years and who feel abandoned.
Presbyterian Archbishop Elias Taban [Photo: Radio Tamazuj]
The Archbishop of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) South Sudan has been elected the new regional evangelical president for the North-East Africa region.
The elections were held at a regional assembly conference in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at the end of last month.
Archbishop Elias Taban has in the recent past worked as the president of the Evangelical Alliance in South Sudan and a mediator for the SPLA-IO break-away groups in 2017.
With the new assignment, Elias Taban will oversee Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Eretria, Djibouti, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Sudan as the new regional president.
Italian-born Bishop-designate Christian Carlassare, who was shot by gunmen in Rumebek, South Sudan, speaks from a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, in a video message posted April 28, 2021, on Twitter. In his video message, the bishop-designate encouraged forgiveness and reconciliation. (CNS photo/Comboni Missionaries)
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Italian-born Bishop-designate Christian Carlassare, who was shot by gunmen in Rumebek, South Sudan, speaks from a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, in a video message posted April 28, 2021, on Twitter. In his video message, the bishop-designate encouraged forgiveness and reconciliation. (CNS photo/Comboni Missionaries)