Children raise their hands in front of a mural of St. Josephine Bakhita, an African slave who died in 1947, at St. Bakhita Catholic Church in a displaced persons camp in Jeberona, Sudan, Aug. 24. Sudanese Catholics have been praying for St. Bakhita’s intercession to end the conflict in Darfur, the region where she was born. (CNS photo/Andrew Heavens, Reuters) (Sept. 5, 2008)