Originally published at The Crux
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The killing of a prominent Sudanese priest highlights the “moral failure” that now characterizes the northeast African nation.
That’s according to Father John Gbemboyo Joseph Mbikoyezu, the pastoral and social communication coordinator in the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic bishops’ conference, who was speaking exclusively to Crux Now in the wake of the cold-blooded murder of Father Yuhana Al-Amin.
The pastor of Holy Cross parish in Kauda, South Kodorfan, Al-Amin was ‘shot and killed in his room at approximately 10:30 am on Friday, June 19, according to a statement issued by the local ordinary, Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku of the Diocese of El-Obeid.
In a statement shared with Crux Now, the bishop said he had received the news of the priest’s killing “with profound sorrow,” and described the Catholic faithful of Holy Cross as likewise “deeply saddened” by the tragic loss, along with the broader Catholic community and “all people of good will.”
The bishop said the late priest was known for dedicated pastoral service, commitment to the Gospel and care for the people entrusted to him.
Part of that dedication included plans to evacuate medical supplies that a military faction was determined to confiscate.
The statement explained that
