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Written during Advent to culminate in Christmas, which is celebrated on Jan. 7 in Ethiopia, the Catholic bishops situated their pastoral exhortation firmly within the concrete realities of Ethiopian life.
Fears of renewed violence are linked to the split in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) — the party that fought against Ethiopia’s federal army during the two-year war and runs Tigray’s postwar interim administration.
Violent conflict in the Tigray region started in November 2020 when TPLF allegedly launched an attack on Ethiopia’s Federal Government Army base in the region.
The Daughters of Charity has supported vulnerable people in Tigray since the early 1970s.
Overall, more than 20 million people in Ethiopia rely on food assistance. A persistent drought has made food scarcity even worse.
According to Reuters, the murders took place during violent anti-government protests in the Amhara region of the country that followed the federal government’s decision to disband regional special forces units.
The bishop and two priests were accused of criticizing human rights violations in their homilies before their arrests on Oct. 15.
“My mom showed me how to make traditional Ethiopian foods,” says Musie, “and that was part of my growing up.”
Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel: ‘True peace comes from God and from the heart of each one of us dedicated to peace.’
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