Policy and Advocacy Letters and Statements for Justice and Peace in Sudan

Background Information

2006-2013

Letter Regarding Appointment of Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan 
Bishop Richard E. Pates, October 11, 2013

Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sudan and South Sudan
Bishop Richard E. Pates, November 18, 2011

Letter to the Bishops of Sudan Regarding the Referendum on Self-Determination
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, January 20, 2011

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Efforts of Ensure Successful Referendum for Sudanese People
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, January 20, 2011

Letter to U.S. Senator Casey Regarding Commitment to Peace in Sudan
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, January 20, 2011

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Situation in Sudan
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, September 23, 2010

Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on the Sudanese Bishops' Pastoral Statement and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, February 5, 2010

Letter to U.S. Senate Regarding Resolution on Sudan and Implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, February 5, 2010

Letter of Solidarity to the Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference Regarding Recent Pastoral Letter and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, February 3, 2010

Letter to Special Envoy J. Scott Gration
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, April 2, 2009

Letter to Secretary of State Regarding the Situation in the Horn of Africa, Somalia, and Sudan
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, October 24, 2008

Letter to Secretary of State Rice on Sudan
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, December 11, 2007

Letter to Secretary Rice on the Situation in Darfur
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, July 9, 2007

Letter from Bishops' Conferences to G-8 Leaders
Bishop William S. Skylstad, May 31, 2007

Statement on the Occasion of the Global Day for Darfur
Bishop Thomas Wenski, September 15, 2006

Letter to Secretary of State Regarding Darfur
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, May 11, 2006

Statement on the Occasion of the Save Darfur Rally
April 28, 2006

 

2000-2005

Letter to the Honorable Richard G. Lugar on the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2005
Bishop John H. Ricard, October 31, 2005

Statement on National Day of Action for the People of Darfur
Bishop John H. Ricard, September 21, 2005

Letter to Congress Regarding Darfur Peace and Accountability Act
Bishop John H. Ricard, August 10, 2005

Statement on the Death of Dr. John Garang de Mabior
Bishop John H. Ricard, August 3, 2005

Statement on Southern Sudan Peace Agreement
Bishop John H. Ricard, January 13, 2005

Cry of the People of Darfur
Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, November 17, 2004

Protect Human Lives in Darfur: A Statement on the Crisis in Darfur, Sudan
Bishop John H. Ricard, October 27, 2004

Letter to Secretary Powell Supporting Emergency Funding for Sudan
September 30, 2004

Letter to Secretary Powell on Crisis in Sudan
August 19, 2004

Statement by the Catholic Bishops of Sudan on the Critical Situation in Darfur
August 2004

Bishop Gregory's Letter to All Bishops
August 2004

Letter to Secretary Powell on Darfur, Sudan
Bishop John H. Ricard, June 28, 2004

German Bishops' Statement on Sudan
June 2004

Statement on the Crisis in Western Sudan
Bishop John H. Ricard, May 5, 2004

Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on African Affairs
Mr. Paul Townsend, Catholic Relief Services, July 11, 2002

Let There Be a Just and Durable Peace in the Sudan: An Appeal by the Bishops of the Catholic and Episcopal Churches of the Sudan
August 17, 2001

Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Delegation to Sudan
Bishop John H. Ricard, April 5, 2001

Findings and Policy Recommendations
Delegation of U.S. Catholic Bishops to Sudan, March 24 - April 6, 2001

Sudan's Cry for Peace
November 2000

Statement by the Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference
September 2000

Statement Condemning the Bombing of Narus in Southern Sudan
Bishop Fiorenza, September 21, 2000

Statement on Sudan
Cardinal Bernard Law, March 28, 2000