At 11:30 this morning, in the John Paul II Hall at the Holy See Press Office, there was a press conference held to present the outline of a Convention entitled The Church in Africa from the Second Vatican Council to the Third Millenium: Africa pays homage to Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, which will take place at the Urbaniana University from April 24 to 25, 2014.
The Convention will gather bishops, priests, theologians, students and personalities from the African culture for a report on the implementation of the Second Vatican Council on the African continent.
Interventions at this morning's press conference were provided by His Excellency Barthélemy Adoukonou, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture; His Excellency, Emery Kabongo Kanundowi, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Luebo (Democratic Republic of Congo); Monsignor Melchor Sánchez de Toca y Alameda, Under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture and Professor Martin Nkafu, lecturer at the Pontifical Lateran University.
Vatican Council II, an event of grace for the entire universal Church allowed the People of God in Africa to undertake an important turning point in their historical journey. In effect, the Church in Africa wants to become a protagonist in the construction of a cultural identity for the Continent, in a particular way through the Forum SECAM Faith, Culture and Development.
Fifty years from the Council, she takes advantage of the canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II to take stock of the implementation of the Council in the African Continent, reading the signs of the times and taking the necessary initiatives to build her future in line with the Magisterium of the Popes Paul VI, John Paul I, Benedict XVI and Francis.
On this occasion, she organizes a Conference that will bring together in Rome Bishops, members of SECAM, theologians, African men and women, along with cultural personalities, on 24 and 25 April 2014.
The Convention will gather bishops, priests, theologians, students and personalities from the African culture for a report on the implementation of the Second Vatican Council on the African continent.
Interventions at this morning's press conference were provided by His Excellency Barthélemy Adoukonou, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture; His Excellency, Emery Kabongo Kanundowi, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Luebo (Democratic Republic of Congo); Monsignor Melchor Sánchez de Toca y Alameda, Under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture and Professor Martin Nkafu, lecturer at the Pontifical Lateran University.
The Church in Africa from the Second Vatican Council to the Third Millenium
Africa pays homage to Popes John XXIII and John Paul II
Vatican Council II, an event of grace for the entire universal Church allowed the People of God in Africa to undertake an important turning point in their historical journey. In effect, the Church in Africa wants to become a protagonist in the construction of a cultural identity for the Continent, in a particular way through the Forum SECAM Faith, Culture and Development.
Fifty years from the Council, she takes advantage of the canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II to take stock of the implementation of the Council in the African Continent, reading the signs of the times and taking the necessary initiatives to build her future in line with the Magisterium of the Popes Paul VI, John Paul I, Benedict XVI and Francis.
On this occasion, she organizes a Conference that will bring together in Rome Bishops, members of SECAM, theologians, African men and women, along with cultural personalities, on 24 and 25 April 2014.
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