In response to an urgent appeal from the Episcopal Church of Sudan, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued a statement calling on all U.S. Episcopalians to pray and advocate for the people of Sudan, amid 'fears that open warfare could resume within months, producing a humanitarian disaster of tremendous proportion.

The Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori noted that, in the coming weeks, she will be announcing a series of responses to that request, adding that the Episcopal Church's Office of Government Relations in Washington, D.C., will be coordinating grassroots advocacy through the Episcopal Public Policy Network. ‘As an initial response, I urge all Episcopalians to call, write, or email their Senators and Representatives and ask them to press for U.S. diplomatic engagement to avert breakdown of the 2005 peace agreement in the Sudan,’ she said. ‘Additionally, I urge all Episcopalians to pray regularly for peace in Southern Sudan.’

Full story and statement: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_88669_ENG_HTM.htm

Article from: Episcopal News Service