YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As Sudan marked a grim one-year anniversary of bitter armed conflict last week, which came on top of what was already the world’s largest refugee and displaced persons crisis, the Catholic Church’s major international charitable organization is now warning of massive new challenges on virtually every imaginable humanitarian front.

“After having already endured years of protracted crisis in the country, the Sudanese people now face much greater threats to their safety and security, housing, water, food, essential health infrastructure and education,” said a statement from the Caritas Internationalis.