Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum February 1993 in enjoyed a Papal visit from Pope John Paul II. The cathedral see of the Archbishop is St. Matthew's Cathedral, Khartoum. Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and one remaining suffragan see : Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum () is the Latin Metropolitan archbishopric with See in national capital Khartoum whose Ecclesiastical province, including the suffragan Obeid, covers Sudan. On the 3 of April in 1846 it was established by pope Gregory XVI as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa, on vast territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt
Khartoum North pharmaceutical factory was destroyed by a cruise missile because the United States accused the factory of making VX (nerve agent) for al-Qaeda. The industrial centre of the region and the country, the neighborhood contains dockyards, marine and rail workshops, and sawmills. Khartoum North trades in cotton, grains, fruit, and livestock; industries include tanning, brewing, brickmaking, textile weaving, and food processing. Since the year 2000, chemical plants supplying household products to the rest of the country have been built in the neighborhood . A wealthy suburb is growing towards the eastern part of the neighborhood , along the Blue Nile. Khartoum