Sister María del Carmen Galicia, a Mexican nun of the Comboni Missionary Sisters who worked in Sudan, an African country with a 97% Muslim population has highlighted the joy of Christians who live their faith in Sudan.
In one of the Christian communities where she served, she said, “the Masses could last more than an hour and a half. They are very happy, they sing, play the drums, and dance.”
Sr. María del Carmen
“It means a lot to them that there is a Father in the face of the experience that they have had of much pain, much suffering for years of war.”
“Hearing that God is a Father who loves them, who does not abandon them and that, even though they are ‘people of colour,’ He is with them, is very consoling for them.”
For example, “when they go to Communion, during the celebration they start to sing around the altar.”
“On one occasion, a lady, wondering if God was with them or not in that situation affirmed that God was there in fact [and] she saw Him present in the missionaries who were accompanying them, and she felt that God was showing them his love,” the sister said.
Since its independence in 1956, Sudan has been mired in civil wars and ethnic, religious, and economic clashes.
In 2011, Christian-majority South Sudan broke away and became the world’s newest country.
