![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")
By Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA In an urgent plea for compassion and solidarity, Rev. Fr. Dominic Sasa, the Episcopal Vicar for Refugees, IDPs, and Migrants of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY), has called upon all parishes, institutions, and partners to extend their hands and hearts to those displaced by conflict and crisis. In his…
By Sr. Laurencila Akinyi, FSSA. YAMBIO, South Sudan – In a powerful pastoral letter addressed to a nation grappling with the aftermath of conflict and displacement, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio has declared the coming Advent season a pivotal moment for spiritual and social rebuilding, tying it directly to the Pope’s Jubilee…
By Waure Eddy St. Peter Nursery and Primary School has officially launched a quality education initiative funded by Caritas Austria and implemented by the Integrated Community Development Organization in collaboration with the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio, bringing hope to a community where decades of conflict have devastated the education system. Gangura Payam, scarred by nearly…
By Joseph Ernesto The diocesan annual youth music competition for peace kicked off in Yambio WES on Monday morning under the Theme “Maintaining Peace on Diversity”, the youth music festival brought close to 1000 young people in the six deaneries of the Catholic Diocese of Tambura Yambio. Speaking during the opening ceremony, His Lordship Barani…
By Waure Eddy The spirit of unity, culture, and education came alive as the Catholic Diocese of Tambura-Yambio launched the St. Daniel Comboni Celebration with a vibrant inter-school competition at St. Mary Primary School. The event, organized under the banner of CDTY Got Talent, marked the first time all Catholic schools in the region gathered…
By Waure Eddy The Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has distributed cash vouchers worth 15,600 United States dollars to vulnerable internally displaced persons in Madebe Payam, Ibba County, as part of a six-month emergency response and recovery project. The initiative, funded by CAFOD and Trocaire in partnership and implemented by CODEP, targets 200 households…
By Baraka John The Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) has officially opened a new Women’s Center in Tombura County, providing a dedicated space for recovery and empowerment in a region rebuilding after years of conflict. Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro blessed and inaugurated the facility on Wednesday, hailing it as a significant step forward for local women…
By Emmanuel Mandella “South Sudanese must embrace the fire of truth and justice if the nation is to rise above its divisions and painful past, Catholic Bishop Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala declared. Delivering his homily on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, bishop Kussala explained that Jesus’ words, “I came to bring fire on earth,”…
By Emmanuel Mandella The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio, Rt. Rev. Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, has officially inaugurated a newly constructed nursery and primary school building at St. Augustine Parish in Yambio, describing the institution as a house of wisdom and knowledge and a foundation for nurturing good leadership in South Sudan. Speaking…
By Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Séamus Patrick Horgan as the new Apostolic Nuncio for South Sudan, and elevated him to the dignity of Archbishop, giving him the Titular See of Árd Sratha in Ireland. The appointment was made public on Tuesday, May 14 by Holy See Press Office. The newly…
