Sudanese “Bishop” Reduces Christmas to Humanitarian Platitudes Amid Sacramental Desert
ACI Africa reports on December 26, 2025, that “Bishop” Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali of Sudan’s El-Obeid “Diocese” issued a Christmas message amid civil war. He parallels Christ’s manger with Sudan’s displaced, stating: “Seeing the baby Jesus in the manger describes the situation of all those of us in our country who remain without shelter and in fear.” The “bishop” laments that “no priests celebrate sacred sacraments for the faithful” in Kordofan’s desecrated parishes but reduces the Church’s mission to social solidarity, quoting Mt. 25:40: “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” The article frames Sudan’s crisis as a humanitarian tragedy while omitting any supernatural remedy.









