Lakes State police said on Friday they arrested a person believed to be the prime suspect in the armed attack that critically injured Rumbek's Catholic Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare.
Pope Francis shakes hands with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir during a private audience at the Vatican March 16, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media)
Harare, Zimbabwe Despite a recent escalation in violence across South Sudan, including a spate of attacks against clergy, Catholic leaders in the country continue to hope that Pope Francis will be able to finally undertake a long-planned voyage there.
Jesuit Fr. Augustine Ekeno, who serves at St. Teresa Parish in the Rumbek Diocese, told NCR that the visit, in the works since 2017, would bring some hope to the people in this country who have suffered for many years and who feel abandoned.
Wau Cathedral: File Photo
Burglars broke into the office of the Wau Catholic Diocesan Bishop last Sunday night and stole USD 20,000, over 70,000 SSP, a computer, and a Thuraya satellite mobile phone.
It remains unclear how thieves managed to access the office of the Bishop which is located within the church premises.
According to Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State acting governor, Arkanjelo Anyar Anyar Mel, who is also the state minister of cabinet affairs, the stolen computer contained information about the church and the Diocese of Rumbek which was recently handed over to Wau Bishop Mathew Remijio Adam.
“This morning the state government visited the Bishop of Wau after hearing that there were some destructions, some thieves went in and stole some of the documents,” Minister Anyar said. “In our meeting, the Bishop remarked that they have lost some important documents with the computer that contained the information about the church, including the Diocese of Rumbek which has be
Wau Catholic Bishop Matthew Remijio
The Catholic Church faithful welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of Wau Bishop, Reverend Mathew Remijio, as the Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek Diocese who will temporarily govern until the Bishop-elect, Fr. Christian Carlassare, recovers from his bullet wounds.
The letter seen by Radio Tamazuj, dated May 5, 2021, also said that Bishop Remijio will continue serving as the Bishop of the Wau Diocese.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Friday, the head of the recently formed committee of Rumbek Catholic Diocese, Fr. Andrea Osman, said that the faithful in Rumbek welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of Wau Diocese Bishop.
He said the Catholic Church is a universal church and appointments can be made from anywhere without discrimination.
South Sudan: From a hospital bed, Bishop-elect calls for new beginnings
The Bishop-elect of Rumbek Diocese in South Sudan says he is praying for the people in his diocese to join him in building a Church according to the teaching of Jesus.
Paul Samasumo – Vatican City.
The Bishop-elect for South Sudan’s Rumbek Diocese, Msgr Christian Carlassare, nursing gunshot wounds in both legs, at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, has thanked the people of Rumbek for their solidarity and prayers. He also thanked friends and well-wishers all over the world who have been praying for his recovery. The Bishop-elect was speaking in a video message recorded by the Nairobi-based Catholic media house,