{Juba, South Sudan, TCT] Juba Catholic Archbishop, His grace Paulino Lokudu Loro, conducts the mass celebration at St Francis of Assisi chapel in Chunya, Jabel Ladu in Juba, after having declared St Francis, a Parish, during the feast day of celebration of St Francis of Assisi on Friday October 4.

The archbishop further installed Father Jaya Prakash MMI as its first parish priest. The celebrations were marked with holy Eucharist,a fellowship meal and cultural events.

In attendance was the Indian Ambassador to South Sudan, S. D. Moorthy, the Catholic Provincial Superior Fr. William MMI, Honorable commissioners of Ladu, Mangala, Wondoruba and Lyria, priests from archdiocese of Juba as well as priests, deacons and sisters from MMI.

[From Solidarity with South Sudan, a Catholic mission group supporting the local church in the fields of pastoral, health (including the Catholic Health Training Insititute in Wau which trains nurses and midwives), teacher training and agricultural.]

[Nairobi, Kenya, Anglican Ink] The 24th meeting of Anglican Church of Kenya’s General Synod has adopted the first reading of amendments to its constitution governing the election of bishops and creation of new dioceses.

[ACNS, by Kenyi Dube] Archbishop Paul Yugusuk, leader of the Church of South Sudan’s internal Central Province, has called on the government and opposition groups to declare an end to violence before the next round of peace talks. The continuation of phase two of the talks is expected to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the 26 to the 30 April. During the last negotiations, the parties discussed the formation of a transitional government and permanent ceasefire and security arrangements; but the delegates did not reach a consensus.