SOUTH SUDAN: ‘Only committed Priests should be assigned to the Seminary,’ -Bishop

Rt. Erkolano Lodu Tombe,
Vice President of
Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference
and Bishop of Yei

The Vice President of Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference (SCBC) Rt Rev Erkolano Lodu Tombe has warned that assigning uncommitted priests to the seminary would do more harm than good.

According to reports aired by Radio Easter the Catholic Bishops in
their meeting last month in Rome, Italy encouraged putting only committed spiritual
teachers to the seminary because the uncommitted ones would be a waste of resources.

Bishop Lodu
added that the Conference also stressed on the need to provide refresher trainings
to the local priests and sisters for better service.

The Vice
President encourages priests and sisters to continue serving God’s people and
the church in South Sudan and Sudan despite challenges.

Meanwhile
the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba cautioned South
Sudanese against the rampant killings in the country.

Bishop Santo
Loku Pio wondered why South Sudanese as brothers and sisters of the same country
take up guns to destroy their own villages, Radio Bakhita reports.

Be reminded
that it is not good and it is unacceptable, Bishop Loku said.

The Bishop
said that those who committed atrocities against their brothers and sisters are
already guilty and condemned. He noted that killing each other has no gain and that people should think twice before
committing any act of violence.

Source: CRN