The number of faithful in the Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum, Sudan, has reduced drastically with the return of displaced South Sudanese to the land of their own origins.
SCBC Secretary General-Sudan Secretariat Santino Maurino told CRN that the number of leaders, including catechists and youths, has also come down.He said there are very few pockets of Christians coming for prayers in the Catholic parishes of the Archdiocese.
Following the independence, many Southerners returned from Sudan to South Sudan and the Catholic Church is bracing itself to come to terms with its new diminutive reality in the country.