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Bishop appeals for peace on third anniversary of Sudan conflict

steve — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:21:06 +0000

The conflict in Sudan has reached its third anniversary, having begun on 15 April 2023. It continues to exact a devastating toll on the country and its people. It has led to one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with reports estimating that around 12 million people have been displaced and some 150,000 killed. Bishop Swarbrick said: “I urge Catholics […]

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Words must be matched by action to counter the ‘immense human cost’ of the Sudan conflict, says Bishop

james — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:41:03 +0000

At the end of October, the city of el-Fasher in Darfur, western Sudan, fell to the Rapid Support Force (RSF) militia after 18 months under siege. Reports indicate widespread executions and mass displacement, with tens of thousands of civilians forced to flee or face violence. Approximately 250,000 civilians were trapped in the city before it […]

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Bishop Swarbrick: Sudan is a humanitarian catastrophe that can no longer be ignored

james — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:02:18 +0000

It is over 500 days since the start of the civil war in Sudan. The war has escalated, particularly in the cities of El Fasher and Khartoum, where residents face the threat of shelling, starvation, and violence. Approximately 150,000 people have died in the fighting, and more than 10 million have fled their homes. Aid […]

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Food is being used as a weapon, warns South Sudanese bishop

steve — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:55:20 +0000

A South Sudanese bishop has warned that food has been weaponised during the civil war in Sudan, with famine now looming in his neighbouring country as a direct result of the conflict. Speaking to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo of Yei, South Sudan, was critical of tactics […]

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‘A forgotten conflict with no winners’ – Catholic and Anglican bishops on war in Sudan

steve — Wed, 01 May 2024 11:20:27 +0000

Bishop Paul Swarbrick, the Bishops’ Conference’s Lead Bishop for Africa, and Bishop Nick Baines, the Church of England’s Lead Bishop for Foreign Affairs, have issued a joint statement on the conflict in Sudan, saying the war is “a forgotten conflict with no winners”. The full statement is below: It is over one year since the […]

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Cardinal and Bishop Swarbrick decry “tragedy of immense proportions” across Sudan

steve — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:48:29 +0000

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and Bishop Paul Swarbrick, Lead Bishop for Africa, have written to the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference as war rages in Sudan. A conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began in April 2023, and has […]

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No winner in Sudanese civil war, says bishop

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:56:49 +0000

Bishop Paul Swarbrick, Lead Bishop for Africa, has emphasised the futility and destruction of the civil war in Sudan which has resulted in 12,000 casualties, an estimated 9 million displaced, and 25 million in need of aid. Speaking of the importance for a ceasefire in the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary […]

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Sudan’s Bishops appeal to international community to help stop war

james — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:28:38 +0000

In a collective statement on the situation in war-torn Sudan, the country’s Catholic Bishops appeal to the international community to intensify efforts to end the violence in the country. They also express concern that the protracted fighting may aim to block solidarity between the people of Sudan. By Linda Bordoni, Vatican News The leader of […]

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Message of Bishops of Caritas AMACEA

steve — Mon, 15 May 2023 09:37:41 +0000

The Presidents of Caritas in the region of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) have issued an urgent message about the ongoing violence in Sudan. Fighting broke out in April between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. So far hundreds of people have been killed and more than […]

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Pope Francis wraps up Apostolic Journey to South Sudan & DRC

steve — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 15:40:16 +0000

“You are in my heart, you are in our hearts, you are in the hearts of Christians around the world! Never lose hope. And lose no opportunity to build peace.” Those words of encouragement were the final public comments which Pope Francis spoke on South Sudanese soil at the end of his 40th Apostolic Journey […]

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