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Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)

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    • Participants of the SECAM Standing Committee Meeting, Accra, February 2025/SECAM
    • SECAM President, His Eminence Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, Archbishop of Kinshasa (DR Congo) during the SECAM Standing Committee Meeting, Accra, February 2025/SECAM (1)
    • SECAM President, His Eminence Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, Archbishop of Kinshasa (DR Congo) during the SECAM Standing Committee Meeting, Accra, February 2025/SECAM (2)
    • SECAM President, His Eminence Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, Archbishop of Kinshasa (DR Congo) during the SECAM Standing Committee Meeting, Accra, February 2025/SECAM (3)
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Christ, Source of Hope, Reconciliation and Peace: A Call to Prayer and Fasting

Message of the Standing Committee of SECAM to the Church in Africa

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him" (Rom 15:13) To you, beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, the faithful of all our Catholic Dioceses in Africa and its islands, and to all people of goodwill: Grace to you and peace…

Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)
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Statement from the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) on the Ongoing Conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Christ is our peace: He wanted to reconcile one with another to God in one body; in his person, he killed hatred (Ephesians 2:14-22)

In a spirit of unity and hope, the Justice, Peace, and Development Commission (JPDC) of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (https://SECAM.org) wishes to express its profound concern for the ongoing conflict in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). We are…

Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)

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    • Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo (middle) presenting a conference in Rome on October 12, 2024, on the theme of “Modern martyrs, victims of the exploitation of mineral resources in Africa: Realities and perspectives of the outgoing Church”
    • Partial view of the conference room, during the presentation of the theme “Modern martyrs, victims of the exploitation of mineral resources in Africa: Realities and perspectives of the outgoing Church”, by Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo (front, center) at the conference held on October 12, 2024, in Rome
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Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo: “The Church cannot remain silent in the face of the illegal exploitation of mineral resources in Africa”

Many people suffer and die because of the exploitation of mineral resources in Africa

“Modern martyrs, victims of the exploitation of mineral resources in Africa: Realities and perspectives of the outgoing Church”. This is the theme of a conference presented on October 12 in Rome by Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (DR Congo) and President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of…