South Sudan clergy stand up for peace

(The Christian Science Monitor) Wearing a white cassock, Catholic bishop Paride Taban strides through the mud and tents of the Jebel displaced persons camp in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on a recent Sunday.

Taban is here to conduct mass at this camp, where thousands of ethnic Nuer live under United Nations peacekeeper protection and in fear of Dinka soldiers outside.

“The church is to be with the suffering people, wherever in the world,” the 78-year-old bishop said.