U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to China for high level meetings this week and the Administration has signaled that the increasing violence between Sudan and South Sudan may be on the agenda. Thanks in part to your advocacy, President Obama recently urged the people of Sudan and South Sudan “to walk the path [...]
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A family compound in a small village, 15 kilometers outside of Pibor Town in South Sudan, was burnt to the ground during an attack on the Murle tribe by the Lou Nuer. Photo by Renee Lambert/CRS By Renee Lambert The sun is setting over the Pibor River in South Sudan. The sound of children laughing [...]
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When the Villanova Wildcats beat the Seton Hall Pirates 84-76 in men’s basketball Jan. 18, it wasn’t just a hard-fought victory in the tough Big East conference. The game also was a win for the people of the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, thanks to a partnership between Villanova University and Catholic [...]
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Women gather grass to build traditional tukul homes in Jonglei, South Sudan. The town of Boma has received more than 2,400 people displaced by recent fighting in Jonglei. Photo by Renee Lambert/CRS By Renee Lambert, My colleague, Jane and I, flew in a small eight-seater plane from Juba to Boma Town in Jonglei, South Sudan. [...]
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Dear Friends, Please join me in welcoming Carolyn Y. Woo, the next president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services. As one of the first lay members of the CRS board of directors, Carolyn is a familiar presence to us, and she and I have traveled together to visit our overseas programs. Carolyn is a warm [...]
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With great sadness Catholic Relief Services staff and leadership this weekend learned of the death of Archbishop Caesar Mazzolari of the Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan. Archbishop Mazzolari passed away on Saturday morning in a hospital in Rumbek after being taken ill during morning Mass. A long-standing friend and partner of CRS, Archbishop Mazzolari [...]
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Emeritus CRS board member Bishop John Ricard was in South Sudan for the independence celebrations on July 9, 2011. He shares with us his impressions of the world’s newest nation and what Catholics around the world can do to continue to support South Sudan. When I first came to Juba, now the capital of South [...]
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This video was produced by CRS staffers in Juba for the July 9 celebration of independence.
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CRS communications officer Kim Pozniak is in Juba, South Sudan, reporting for Caritas Internationalis. She filed this report for the Caritas blog: A day after the people of South Sudan came together to declare their independence, they converged on St. Teresa Cathedral of Juba, South Sudan’s capital, on July 10th to celebrate a special Mass [...]
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CRS President Ken Hackett is in South Sudan for the new country’s first days of independence. He wrote this column for the Catholic News Agency: JUBA, South Sudan — Less than a week after the United States celebrated its Independence Day for the 235th time, another nation was born, beginning its journey into history. That [...]
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