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‘Rise up!’ Pope Benedict tells Africa at Close of Synod

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I encourage you with the words of the Lord Jesus: You are the salt and light of the beloved African land! VATICAN CITY (CNA) - Pope ... continue reading

Special: In the Congo, Rape is being used as a weapon of war

Image of In 2007, Emmy-award winning filmmaker Lisa Jackson travelled to Congo to produce a documentary 'The Greatest Silence, Rape in the Congo' about the situation. As a rape-survivor herself, she felt that by telling her story women who had experienced sexual abuse, slavery and violence would open up to her.

During 12 years of conflict in the Congo the most significant victims are women and girls who 'are shot from the inside'. WASHINGTON, D.C. ... continue reading

Synod Puts Hope in African Youth

Image of The bishop expressed hope in the youth as the future of Africa, affirming that 'they are very quick to find themselves together, to share their deep aspirations amongst themselves, to pray together, to study their faith to find and bear witness in turn to their human and evangelical values'.

In the World Youth Days, he said, these young people become "considerable witnesses of reconciliation'. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - The ... continue reading

Synod Decries Planned Parenthood in Africa

Image of Many synod fathers bemoaned the fate of the family in Africa: 'the destruction of an authentic idea of marriage and the notion of a sound family.

Attacks on marriage and the family in Africa can be characterized as a 'ferocious onslaught' said Cardinal Peter Turkson, the archbishop of ... continue reading

Women Seen as Key to Africa's Transformation

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Laypeople, especially women, have a special vocation to transform African society from within. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - Laypeople, ... continue reading

Archbishop Burke: Catholic Teaching on Marriage Essential for Justice

Image of Archbishop Burke, prefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature and former archbishop of St. Louis, reflected on matrimony during his intervention Monday at the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops. The synod is under way at the Vatican through Oct. 25.

Church's teachings on marriage are fundamental to her role as the 'mirror of justice in the world'. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - The Church's ... continue reading

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Congolese Bishop Leaves Synod: Church Burned, Priests Abducted

Image of Notably moved with emotion, the archbishop explained that the diocese had to pay the high ransom 'to save the lives of our priests that they threatened to massacre.

The synod fathers were quick to express their solidarity with the archbishop. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - As the assembly for Africa of the ... continue reading

Guilty of Murdering 500,000? Genocide Suspect Arrested in Uganda

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This evil man is wanted for masterminding the slaughter of thousands of people in Rwanda in the 1994 genocide. KAMPALA, Uganda (Catholic ... continue reading

Church Will Evangelize and Serve Justice in Africa

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Pope underscores the need to Listen to Holy Spirit's Guidance. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - Benedict XVI is underlining the Church's ... continue reading

African Cardinal: Why Not a Black Pope?

Image of Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, the archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana. Newly elevated Cardinal Turkson receives his cardinal ring from Pope John Paul II during a special mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 22, 2003.

The African cardinal is the relator-general of the three-week synod, which will discuss the situation of the Church on the continent. ... continue reading

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