{"id":14374,"date":"2022-05-27T16:57:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=14374"},"modified":"2022-05-27T16:57:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:57:47","slug":"vatican-vatican-receives-relics-of-south-sudanese-nuns-at-altar-dedicated-to-new-martyrs-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/27\/vatican-vatican-receives-relics-of-south-sudanese-nuns-at-altar-dedicated-to-new-martyrs-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"VATICAN: Vatican Receives Relics of South Sudanese Nuns at Altar Dedicated to New Martyrs of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA<\/p>\n

Months after the death<\/a> of two South Sudanese nuns Sr. Mary Daniel Abut and Sr. Regina Roba who were among the people killed in a road ambush by armed men last year, the relics of the two sisters have been received at the altar dedicated to new Martyrs of Africa in the Basilica of St.\u00a0Bartholomew.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are together in this Basilica of San Bartolomeo which St. John Paul II wanted to be dedicated to the New Martyrs.\u00a0And we welcome the robe and sandals of Sister Regina and Sister Mary, killed\u00a0in South Sudan on August 16, 2021 on the road to Juba as they were returning, along with many other people, from the celebration for the centenary of the parish of Loa, in the diocese of Torit,\u201d Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life said in the homily<\/a> during the solemn introduction of the nuns\u2019 relics on Monday, May 23.<\/p>\n

Referring to the Gospel of St. John in his homily, the Vatican-based Prelate noted that the Monday prayer is to help remember the hour of witness of the two nuns who belong to the Institute of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo disciples of Jesus gave their lives to the Lord and for their sisters and brothers.\u00a0Sister Regina and Sister Mary join the number of witnesses and their relics that enrich this Basilica,\u201d the Prelate said while addressing the congregants adding,\u00a0\u201cFor us and for those who will visit it (Basilica) from today, they are a witness that edifies not only in a figurative sense, but real so that we can grow in love for the Gospel with that generosity that distinguishes those who have witnessed fidelity to the Gospel to the point of blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe too, therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great host of witnesses, put down all the burdens and the sin that so easily envelops us,\u00a0and let us run the race that is proposed to us with perseverance, fixing our gaze on Jesus, the one who creates faith and makes it perfect,\u201d the Archbishop who doubles as the Grand Chancellor of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences encouraged the faithful and continued, \u201cTheir testimony makes us pensive in the face of the violence they have suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Church leader emphasized that the testimony and witness of Sr. Regina and Sr. Mary urges the faithful to \u201ccontinue walking and indeed to run on the path of communicating the Gospel.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasilica dedicated to the New Martyrs reminds us that the Gospel must be lived with that dimension of “heroism” proper to Jesus,\u201d the Archbishop narrated noting that, \u201cIn this time so radically marked by individualism, there is a need for the testimony of a Gospel without additions, radical.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the Monday homily, Archbishop Paglia appealed that the testimony of the two sisters may \u201cpush South Sudan on the path of reconciliation and peace\u201d especially during this time when Pope Francis is preparing to visit the country which will be a sign of blessing for South Sudan and for the entire African continent.<\/p>\n

“Sister Mary and Sister Regina gave their witness, they gave their life for the Gospel in their country, so that their blood may be the seed of peace and faith in the Lord Jesus, so that the time of liberation of the people of South Sudan may soon come from all hatred and violence,\u201d the Archbishop concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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