Only Surgeon for 2 Million, American Doctor Perseveres in War-Torn Sudan

March 16, 2026 World News

Dr. Tom Catena, a Catholic missionary doctor at the only hospital in a remote area of Sudan, says his Catholic faith motivates him every day. Catena and his wife, Nasima, who is from Nuba, are pictured above in Goris, Armenia. Catena and Nasima have two adopted sons, Francis and Vincent.

Amid violence and aid shortages, Dr. Tom Catena operates the only hospital in the remote region of the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, home to what he calls “one of the worst humanitarian crises.”

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