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Vatican diplomat: Catholic institutions under ‘extreme duress’ in Sudan
November 18, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Addressing a UN Human Rights Council meeting on the massacre in El Fasher, Sudan, a Vatican diplomat said that “Catholic-run clinics, schools and community centers in conflict zones have either been forced to close or are operating under extreme duress.”
“Their staff, many of whom are volunteers, face daily threats, and many have been displaced,” said Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, apostolic nuncio and Permanent Observer to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland. “In order to bring an end to the current levels of violence, Sudan requires both sustained humanitarian aid and immediate diplomatic efforts.”
The Rapid Support Forces, a belligerent in the Sudanese civil war, perpetrated the massacre.
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