It’s called the St. Mary Help of Christians Cathedral. And right now, the church is helping more than 8,500 South Sudanese who fled fighting around the town of Wau, South Sudan, since violence erupted there in June.
South Sudan IDPs Take Refuge in Church, UN-protected Sites
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Tailor Adam Edman Idriss working in a small shelter at the St. Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. Idriss lives on the church compound, with more than approximately 8,500 other IDPs, Dec. 8, 2016. (VOA/Jill Craig)
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A young IDP play improvised drum at the St. Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, where his family is living, Dec. 8, 2016. (VOA/Jill Craig)