Yei Catholic Bishop said Jesus Christ nativity was to give Christians keep hope alive through overcoming evil acts.
Bishop Erkulano Lodu Tombe told Radio Easter after celebrating the mass that the joy and peace of South Sudanese was disturbed by political and social problems.
He advised citizens to come close to God to defeat the evils including the war that contributes to hunger and displacement.
Bishop Lodu called on people of Yei and South Sudan to be hopeful despite suffering they encounter.