Süd-Sudan - Tod eines Bischofs
>>Remembering Bishop Joseph Akio Mutek of Torit, 1958-2013
Tributes have been paid to a Sudanese bishop who survived up to a dozen death threats while serving a people who reports say suffered the most during the country’s long and bloody civil war.
Bishop Johnson Akio Mutek was laid to rest on Friday, March 22nd, in his Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul, Torit, a building devastated by ongoing bombing of the area during Sudan’s 1983-2005 civil war.
Years of strain helping his people survive sustained military assault inevitably weakened the bishop’s health and last Monday (March 18th), after two kidney transplants in India, Bishop Akio died suddenly in Nairobi, Kenya. He was only 55. <<
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Tributes have been paid to a Sudanese bishop who survived up to a dozen death threats while serving a people who reports say suffered the most during the country’s long and bloody civil war.
Bishop Johnson Akio Mutek was laid to rest on Friday, March 22nd, in his Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul, Torit, a building devastated by ongoing bombing of the area during Sudan’s 1983-2005 civil war.
Years of strain helping his people survive sustained military assault inevitably weakened the bishop’s health and last Monday (March 18th), after two kidney transplants in India, Bishop Akio died suddenly in Nairobi, Kenya. He was only 55. <<
Ganze Meldung hier.
ElsaLaska - 26. Mär, 20:47
