SOUTH SUDAN: Caritas International gives South Sudan full membership
Caritas
International on Wednesday 12th May during its twentieth General
Assembly in Rome, Italy, welcomed Caritas South Sudan as its member number one
hundred and sixty-five.
International on Wednesday 12th May during its twentieth General
Assembly in Rome, Italy, welcomed Caritas South Sudan as its member number one
hundred and sixty-five.
Caritas South
Sudan Humanitarian Coordinator Joseph Pasquale broke the news to CRN on Friday
15th that Caritas International 136 delegates from the world,
unanimously voted in the Catholic Church charity organization of South Sudan as
a full member.
Sudan Humanitarian Coordinator Joseph Pasquale broke the news to CRN on Friday
15th that Caritas International 136 delegates from the world,
unanimously voted in the Catholic Church charity organization of South Sudan as
a full member.
According to
the Coordinator, Caritas South Sudan was represented by its President Bishop
Erkolano Lodu Tombe and Executive Director Gabriel Yai in the meeting on which
they also participated in the voting for the new Caritas International
President Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines.
the Coordinator, Caritas South Sudan was represented by its President Bishop
Erkolano Lodu Tombe and Executive Director Gabriel Yai in the meeting on which
they also participated in the voting for the new Caritas International
President Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines.
Caritas
South Sudan was founded in September 2011. However, its members already were working
even before the country got independence. Currently, the charity organization
is supporting the families which fled violence which are going on in the
country with food, shelters and education for their children.
South Sudan was founded in September 2011. However, its members already were working
even before the country got independence. Currently, the charity organization
is supporting the families which fled violence which are going on in the
country with food, shelters and education for their children.
Source: Catholic Radio Network, CRN
