African Member of Synod Group Did Not Help Draft Homosexuality Text
Congolese Sister Josée Ngalula did not participate in drafting the controversial section of the final report, despite being a member of the study group.
Congolese Sister Josée Ngalula did not participate in drafting the controversial section of the final report, despite being a member of the study group.
The Holy Father will undertake his first pastoral visit to the continent of Africa as pontiff April 13-23, beginning with a stop in Algeria.
COMMENTARY: A journey across Eastern and Southern Africa revealed the Gospel lived with freshness and zeal — a sign of where the global Church is heading.
How a Catholic movement saved a village and spread across Africa.
The selection of Bishop-elect Simon Peter Engurait’s to head the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux highlights the presence of the tight-knit East African community in the Church in the US.
The organization describes itself as a “Catholic, pro-life nonprofit” that sponsors “life-saving missions in over 100 countries.” The group was founded in 1981 in Maryland and is presently based in Front Royal, Virginia.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: Youthful vitality and evangelical fervor for proclaiming the Gospel even in the context of intense persecution are Africa’s gifts to the Church today.
In February the Church of England’s general synod voted to approve blessing same-sex couples in civil marriages.
‘I thank God, who allowed me to make this journey as a pilgrim of peace and hope,’ the Holy Father said in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 11.
‘We are men and women of praise,’ the Holy Father said Sept. 8.
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