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Feast Days of St. Bakhita and St. Comboni Elevated to Solemnities
Original: St. Josephine Bakhita and St. Daniel Comboni Celebrations Elevated to Solemnities in Sudan and South Sudan
The Catholic Church has elevated the feast day celebrations of St. Josephine Bakhita and St. Daniel Comboni to solemnities in Sudan and South Sudan, a rare liturgical honour for the two saints. Bakhita, a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Canossian sister, and Comboni, a 19th-century missionary who died in Khartoum, are closely tied to the region's Christian history. Local Catholics are celebrating the recognition as a milestone for the Church in the two countries.
Why now: The Vatican's decision to grant solemnity status to feasts of two saints deeply linked to Sudan is a significant and rare honour for the local Church.
St. Josephine BakhitaSt. Daniel ComboniSudanSouth SudanCatholic Church
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- St. Josephine Bakhita and St. Daniel Comboni Celebrations Elevated to Solemnities in Sudan and South Sudan · ACI Africa
- St. Josephine Bakhita and St. Daniel Comboni Celebrations Elevated to Solemnities in Sudan and South Sudan · ACI Africa
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