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Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)
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First Working Session of the African Continental Synodal Team Held in Accra-Ghana

The working session was facilitated by Fr Giacomo Costa SJ, a member of the General Secretariat of the Synod at the Vatican and supported by Dr Philomena Mwaura

The First Phase of the 3-Day Working Session of the African Continental Synodal working group of experts of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org) ended in Accra on December 9 2022 with 25 participants from across the Continent of Africa and its Islands having gone…

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Statement on the Passing of His Eminence Richard Kuuia Cardinal BAAWOBR, President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa, and Madagascar (SECAM)

His Eminence, President Richard, who was born in 1959 in Ghana, held positions of substantial responsibility in the Church

On behalf of the members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), I would like to, with great sorrow and pain while, at the same time, with the hope of the resurrection, announce that His Eminence Richard Kuuia Cardinal BAAWOBR, President of SECAM, rendered his…

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Radio News Release (Soundbite): A New Head of The Catholic Church in Africa Has Been Elected

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The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa, and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar, and the Islands, has elected His Eminence Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Ghana as its new President. His Eminence Richard Kuuia Baawobr is now the highest-ranking member of the Roman Catholic Church…

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The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa, and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar, and the Islands, has elected His Eminence Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Ghana as its new President. His Eminence Richard Kuuia Baawobr is now the highest-ranking member of the Roman Catholic Church…

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His Eminence Richard Kuuia Baawobr, of Ghana, President of SECAM

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The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa, and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar, and the Islands, has elected His Eminence Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Ghana as its new President. His Eminence Richard Kuuia Baawobr is now the highest-ranking member of the Roman Catholic Church…

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Radio News Release (Soundbite): New Head of the Catholic Church in Africa to be Elected on Saturday: Interview of Bishop Emmanuel Badejo (Nigeria)

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The Symposium of Episcopal of Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar and the Islands, is hosting its 19th Plenary Assembly from 25th July 2022 to 1st August 2022 in Accra, Ghana. The Plenary Assembly of the Symposium is held every three…

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The outgoing President of the SECAM is His Eminence Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, from Burkina Faso

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The outgoing President of the SECAM (www.SECAM.org), His Eminence Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, from Burkina Faso, attending the 19th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal of Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) in Accra, Ghana. More information: https://bit.ly/3S50Ef2

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New Head of the Catholic Church in Africa to be elected on Saturday

The President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar is the highest-ranking official of the Roman Catholic Church in Africa

The Symposium of Episcopal of Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar and the Islands, is hosting its 19th Plenary Assembly from 25th July 2022 to 1st August 2022 in Accra, Ghana. The Plenary Assembly of the Symposium is held every three…

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The Symposium of Episcopal of Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will hold its 19th Plenary Assembly from 25th July 2022 to 1st August 2022 in Accra, Ghana

The SECAM is the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar and the Islands

The Symposium of Episcopal of Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar and the Islands, will hold its 19th Plenary Assembly from 25th July 2022 to 1st August 2022 in Accra, Ghana (the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium is held every three…