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Pope appeals for peace in Sudan, prays for victims in Ukraine-Russia conflict

Pope appeals for peace in Sudan, prays for victims in Ukraine-Russia conflict

Junno Arocho Esteves · August 10, 2026

Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid to innocent civilians in Sudan caught between conflict between state military and paramilitary forces.

Christina Philips on the need to heed food shortages in Sudan

Catholic Register Staff · April 24, 2026

Christina Philips, director of resources and public engagement for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, on why the world must heed the desperate food shortages caused by civil war in Sudan.
Sudan crisis elicits compassionate Canadian response

Sudan crisis elicits compassionate Canadian response

D&P, Canadian Foodgrains Bank providing over $1.25 million in relief for beleagued area

Susan Korah · November 3, 2025

Trocaire (pronounced “throwkara”) is an Irish word for compassion. It is also the name of the Irish wing of Caritas International, the global Catholic charity, and a partner organization to Development and Peace-Caritas Canada (D&P).
With thousands in Sudan trapped in besieged city, Catholic leaders amplify calls to end war

With thousands in Sudan trapped in besieged city, Catholic leaders amplify calls to end war

Fredrick Nzwili · October 30, 2025

As a paramilitary group announced the capture of el-Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, Catholic Church leaders amplified calls for the protection of "forgotten" civilians -- including thousands of children -- trapped in the western Sudanese city.
US declares genocide in Sudan as country undergoes 'unimaginable' suffering

US declares genocide in Sudan as country undergoes 'unimaginable' suffering

Fredrick Nzwili · January 16, 2025

Amid what a Catholic charity called "unimaginable" suffering of civilians trapped in civil war brutality in Sudan, the United States declared that one of the fighting factions is committing genocide in the country and slapped sanctions on its leader.
As women, children starve, Sudan in desperate need of help, say Catholic aid workers

As women, children starve, Sudan in desperate need of help, say Catholic aid workers

Tonny Onyuolo · April 29, 2024

Catholic agencies, along with other Christian charities in Sudan, have intensified their food distribution campaign across the country to save hundreds of thousands of suffering Sudanese people from extreme hunger as the civil war entered its second year.