UPDATE: Two nuns killed in South Sudan after vehicle ambushed along highway

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- Two Catholic nuns were shot and killed along a highway in South Sudan Aug. 16 as they were returning home to Juba. Seven other sisters survived the attack.

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