{"id":959,"date":"2014-02-07T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/07\/south-sudan-catholic-bishops-call-for\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:41:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:41:05","slug":"south-sudan-catholic-bishops-call-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/07\/south-sudan-catholic-bishops-call-for\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH SUDAN: Catholic Bishops Call for an Urgent Reform in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nThe Catholic
\nBishops of Sudan and South Sudan have called for an urgent democratic reform
\nwithin SPLM and all political parties in the country \u2013 South Sudan. <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
H.E Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir <\/em>
\nWako<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In their
\nPress statement issued on January 31, 2014 and presented by H.E Gabriel
\nCardinal Zubeir Wako, the Chairman of the conference, to the press, the Bishops
\nexpressed their concerns for the two countries of Sudan and South Sudan. <\/p><\/div>\n

\n <\/div>\n
\nTo South
\nSudan the Bishops said they were shocked by the degree of the violence happening
\nin South Sudan.  <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n\u201cWe call for
\nrepentance and conversion of heart. Let those who have committed atrocities
\nadmit it honestly. Admission of guilt is a virtue, not a weakness,\u201d read the
\nstatement adding that \u201cWe invite the prodigal son to return to the family, the
\nlost sheep to the fold, the sinner to right behavior,\u201d the Bishops said in
\ntheir statement.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nThe Bishops
\ncriticized the growing tensions in South Sudan\u2019s governing party, the Sudan
\nPeople\u2019s Liberation Movement, saying these tensions played a \u201csignificant role\u201d
\nin the violence. \u201cInternal party disputes should not be allowed to destabilize
\nthe nation,\u201d they said.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nThey called
\nfor better governance and an end to personalized political power which failed
\nto serve the best interest of South Sudan communities. The Bishops commended repentance
\nand reconciliation after an outbreak of violence that killed hundreds of
\npeople.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nThe Bishops
\nalso called for development of institutions to serve local communities and uphold
\nSouth Sudanese values particularly human and religious.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nThe Catholic
\nprelates called for an end to corruption that denies services to poor people
\nand breed hatred and disappointment among the people and institutions in South
\nSudan.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nThe Bishops
\nappealed for a special support to the Diocese of Malakal that was devastated by
\nthe crisis in mid-December 2013.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nThey also
\nmade an appeal to all humanitarian Aid Agencies to support vulnerable
\ncommunities in Jonglei, Upper Nile, Unity States, some parts of South Sudan and
\nSudan. They called for the resolution of political and humanitarian crises in
\nDarfur, Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, Abyei and South Sudan.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nThe Bishops also
\nstressed the importance of prayer in this Peace process.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSOURCE: Catholic Radio Network<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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