Catholic bishops urge South Sudan, Sudan to implement agreements<http://catholicradionetwork.org/?q=node/12417> Easter Radio Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 17:05 *South Sudan Catholic Bishops urged the governments of South Sudan and Sudan to implement cooperation agreements signed in September last year to improve ties and enable citizens to realize development.*
Yei Catholic Bishop Erkulano Lodu told the congregation on Sunday after his return from Juba that if neighbours do not live together they are always astray to peace, Easter Radio reported. He added that the bishops called for collective resolutions to Jonglei conflict for the nation to have a total peace. Bishop Lodu said Catholic Bishops were concerned with tense situations in Darfur, Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile. He said the Bishops called for fruitful peace negotiations to end the conflict in the regions. Bishop Lodu said the bishops wanted free access of humanitarian assistance to people of the three regions in Sudan. The prelate said South Sudan Catholic Bishops urged the government of Sudan to allow humanitarian assistance to the people in need. Bishop Lodu clarified that the Bishops were aware of the situation of the people of Abyei following their recently “unilateral referendum”. He said they observed that nobody was listening to the interest of Dinka Ngok community and that Abyei was being mistreated while concerned people were silent. Bishop Lodu said Catholic Bishops called on concern people including the international community to listen to aspirations of the Abyei people. He said if the international community did not listened to the people of South Sudan, the nation would have not achieved its independence. The Bishop made these statements on Sunday while presiding over Eucharistic celebration at Christ the King Cathedral in Yei. - See more at: http://catholicradionetwork.org/?q=node/12417#sthash.4Fu2dFaZ.dpuf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooe%3DpvBQMWt2z21vgO%2B40nhsYhf0DRABQCc1L42pjYQ2w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
