Beyond the Battlefield: New Book Tells How Catholic Missionaries Kept Hope Alive in Southern Sudan

Beyond the Battlefield: New Book Tells How Catholic Missionaries Kept Hope Alive in Southern Sudan

Catholic missionaries who accompanied displaced communities through war in what is now South Sudan demonstrated how compassion could sustain hope even when they had little influence over those directing the violence, the author of a new book documenting their experiences has said. In the book “Moving with the People: St Patrick’s Missionary Society in South Sudan, 1983–2022,” the author, Ydo Jacobs, traces a mission that brought together Priests…