![Group photo taken during the opening training session at Bishop Residence in Curia [Photo: Emmanuel Mandella]](https://rurugene.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-30-at-23.02.201-150x150.jpeg "Over 80 Young People Trained to Champion Reconciliation Across WES")
![Picture of the Bishop to the left and acting chairperson of HIV commission in WES next to him, plus HIV coordinator and AFENET field officer to the right after their meeting [Photo: Emmanuel Mandella]](https://rurugene.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Picture-of-the-Bishop-to-the-left-and-acting-chairperson-of-HIV-commission-in-WES-next-to-him-plus-HIV-coordinator-and-AFENET-field-officer-to-the-right-after-their-meeting-Photo-Emmanuel-Mandella-150x150.jpeg "Bishop Hiiboro Joins State Effort to Eliminate HIV in Western Equatoria by 2030")
By. Baraka The celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King was filled with profound joy and spiritual renewal as the Catholic Action Apostolic Group welcomed more than one hundred new members into their fold. The newly admitted candidates joined the long-serving members in reaffirming their mission of service within the Church and the wider…
By Sr. Laurencila, FSSA The Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio has launched its Diocesan Lenten Program for 2026 under the motto “Return to the Lord and Live in Peace,” calling on all parishes, families, and Small Christian Communities to embrace a season of spiritual renewal, reconciliation, and active solidarity with the vulnerable. In a pastoral message…
By Joseph Ernesto, josephchakaya@gmail.com The community of Bandi is abuzz are excited following the inauguration of a new Church building at Bandi Chapel, a project made possible through the support of Catholic Prayer War Room Group Members, in Bandi, South Sudan, and the generous contributions of local residents. The event, held on Sunday, October 20th, 2024, was…
By Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA As many Catholics have quietly stepped away from the Eucharist, often burdened by personal struggles, or painful life experience, bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala in his June 21st letter themed “A loving Invitation Back to the Table of the Lord” has appealed to all Christians of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio…
By Waure Eddy One hundred households of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tambura County have received emergency food and non-food assistance, in a $10,000 relief intervention funded by the Vatican’s Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan and delivered through Bishop Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of the Catholic Diocese of Tambura-Yambio. The beneficiaries, drawn from the Gamunakpe…
By Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA The Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Development (SARD) Institute has successfully trained one of its most remarkable students yet—an 83-year-old retired medical professional, who has proven that age is no barrier to learning, hard work, or new beginnings. The elderly gentleman, whose name is being respectfully withheld for now, as we…
By. John Baraka RII-YUBU, SOUTH SUDAN — A historic milestone was reached today in Rii-Yubu as 42 students sat for their National Examinations at Franz Bracht Secondary School—the first time such exams have ever been held in the area. Among the 42 candidates, 38 are students of Franz Bracht Secondary School, while 6 candidates joined…
By Sr. Laurencila Akinyi, FSSA. The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio, the Most Reverend Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, delivered a profound and challenging homily during the Chrism Mass at St. Mary Mother of God Cathedral on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, calling priests to embrace radical service and total self-giving in imitation of Christ….
Western Equatoria State fire brigade officers in Yambio have embarked on refresher training according to Con. Henry Males Louis the director of the fire brigade in the state capital Yambio.!! He said over 150 fire brigade officers who have embarked on a refresher training in the office of fire brigade are not new members but…
Akorogbodi witnessed a moment of grace, joy, and historical significance today as Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura–Yambio, laid the foundation stone for the new Resident House of the Missionary Servants of the Needy (MSN), a congregation originally from Nigeria but now fully serving and rooted within our diocese. The…
