Truth about shooting will help South Sudan, bishop-designate says
In a video message, attack victim Christian Carlassare encourages forgiveness and reconciliation
Updated: April 30, 2021 06:45 AM GMT
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Father Christian Carlassare, bishop-elect of the Diocese of Rumbek. (Photo: aciafrica)
While Bishop-designate Christian Carlassare already has forgiven his attackers, he said finding the truth about why he was shot in the legs at his home in Rumbek, South Sudan, will help achieve reconciliation.
The Italian-born bishop-designate, 43, was responding to news that three local priests were among the 12 people arrested for their possible involvement in the attack April 26. Local reports say lay members of the local church community were also among those arrested.
Truth about shooting will help diocese in South Sudan, bishop-designate says
Truth about shooting will help diocese in South Sudan, bishop-designate says
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)
By: Carol Glatz
Date: April 29, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) While Bishop-designate Christian Carlassare already has forgiven his attackers, he said finding the truth about why he was shot in the legs at his home in Rumbek, South Sudan, will help achieve reconciliation.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) Gunmen broke into the home of the bishop-designate of Rumbek, South Sudan, shot him in both legs and fled, according to church news reports. Three local priests have been arrested.
In stable condition after emergency surgery at a local hospital, Italian-born Bishop-designate Christian Carlassare, 43, was to be transferred to a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, for a transfusion and further medical care, according to Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Do not pray for me but for the people of Rumbek who are suffering more than me, said the bishop-designate, who is a Comboni missionary, in a statement reported by the Comboni mission website, Nigrizia.it.
Priests arrested over shooting of bishop-designate in South Sudan
Arrests follow the extraction of records from a mobile phone that one of the assailants had dropped while fleeing
Updated: April 28, 2021 06:19 AM GMT
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Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare with his community in South Sudan. (Photo: vaticannews)
Three priests have been arrested after gunmen broke into the home of the bishop-designate of Rumbek, South Sudan, shot him in both legs and fled.
In stable condition after emergency surgery at a local hospital, Italian-born Bishop-designate Christian Carlassare, 43, was to be transferred to a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, for a transfusion and further medical care, according to Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.