Poverty is one of the challenges affecting Christianity in South Sudan forcing priests to break their relationships with Jesus Christ by abandoning the ministry.
Wau Catholic Diocese Bishop Rudolph Deng Majak told Voice of Hope after arrival from Khartoum that in the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s plenary, poverty was one of the issues on top of the agenda.
He pointed out that poverty is very challenging to the mission of some priests in the country particularly and Africa in general.
Bishop Majak added that choosing Jesus as a way of life means, abandoning earthly things.
He complained that Wau Diocese has few priests and not enough to evangelize over three million people.
Bishop Majak called on youths to join the missionary of Jesus Christ and live the life of Good News.
The Catholic prelate said young people who become catechists were discouraged after discovering that Church’s work earns no money.
Bishop Majak urged families to support the church by producing good generation and hard workers to help in the growth of faith.