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As fighting intensifies in Sudan between the Sudanese Army Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SSSCBC) has reported that two rockets have hit a priests’ house and the Cathedral of Mary Queen of Africa in the Catholic Diocese of El Obeid on April 13.
“We as a church; bishops, priests, all of us need to stand ready to serve. We don't need to rule. We don't need the money because the Christ, which is the greatest prize that we receive does not come from man but from God alone,” urged Archbishop Hubertus Maria van Megen, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan.
After a shaky 24-hour- ceasefire lobbied by countries seeking to evacuate their citizens from Sudan failed on Wednesday, April 19, fierce fighting could still be witnessed around Khartoum with the UN fearing for the people as food supplies dwindle and medical services collapse.
CRS underscored the “critical importance” of respecting the neutrality of frontline humanitarian workers who in many cases face significant threats, including harassment and intimidation, criminality, and direct and indirect attacks.
The Final Document from the African Synodal Continental Assembly submitted to the General Secretariat of the Synod in the Vatican underscores the Church in Africa has lived out Synodality since the Second Vatican Council. It highlights the need for recognition of the role women and youth play in the Church and proposes pastoral care that focuses on marriage and family and their challenges in modern-day Africa.