By Baraka John The Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CODEP), under the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio, on July Tuesday 22nd 2025 distributed emergency food assistance to 110 internally displaced households sheltering in Saura Boma of Yambio County. The distribution targeted families who fled the recent conflict in Riranga Payam in April. The relief effort…
Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA As the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation marks its 14th Independence Day on Wednesday, July 9th, bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura -Yambio (CDTY), Western Equatoria State, has emphasized to the citizens that true freedom is not just about the breaking of…
By Baraka John Bishop Abangite College of Science and Technology welcomed a new principal following a formal handover ceremony held on Wednesday 2nd July 2025. Mr. Ceaser Dowdow, formerly the Education Coordinator for the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY), officially assumed the role of principal after his appointment by His Lordship Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro…
By Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA “And if I have done anything of worth, dear friends, it is this: I have prayed for you fervently, silently, and daily. I have stood at the altar whispering your names into the chalice. I am still praying for you for our families, for our wounded land, and for the…
By Emmanuel Mandella In a ceremony held on Monday, June 30, 2025, the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) formally welcomed Mr. Lino Nungo as the new Secretary for the Diocese Secretariat Education office, taking over from Mr. Cesar Daudau, who has been appointed principal of Bishop Abangite College by the bishop. The transition event, led…
By Baraka John The Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) joyfully celebrated the 25th anniversary of priesthood of Rev. Ezikiel Sungerukuari, the parish priest of Corpus Christi Catholic Parish in Gangura Payam. Rev. Sungerukuari, affectionately known as “Rev. Sunge” by local parishioners, was ordained in the year 2000 by Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako in Khartoum,…
By Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA Fr. Santo Gaba Samuel and Fr. Ezekiel Sungerukuari James clergy of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY), who celebrated their Jubilees yesterday on the Feast of Corpus Christi, in South Sudan have been urged to let their priesthood continue to bear holy, humble fruit, one soul at a time. In…
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 CODEP Humanitarian Emergency Desk The Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CODEP), operating under the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY), on Thursday 19th successfully distributed essential relief aid to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Rii-Menze Catholic Parish, Yambio County. The aid distribution, carried out on June 19, 2025, was made possible through generous funding…
