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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)
Truth about why he was shot in his legs will help diocese in South Sudan, bishop-designate says
April 29, 2021
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)
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.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, sit during an interview in New York City Feb. 22, 2016. An African faiths environmental institute is calling on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to stop funding green revolution technologies and genetically modified seeds for the continent, but instead support natural methods to help Africa achieve food sufficiency and protect its environments. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters) Feb. 22, 2021 Catholic News Service NAIROBI, Kenya An African faiths environmental institute is calling on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to stop funding green revolution technologies and genetically modified seeds for the continent, but instead support natural methods to help Africa achieve food sufficiency and protect its environments.