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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…

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    • Participants of the SECAM Meeting with National and Regional Secretaries General in Brazzaville, Congo, July 24-29, including the annual celebration of SECAM Day
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Annual Celebration of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) Day 2024 (28th & 29th July 2024): “You Africans are Missionaries to Yourselves”- Message from SECAM President

This year, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the canonization of the Martyrs of Uganda (1964-2024), we are celebrating SECAM Day in a very special way

Introduction Once again, the Catholic Church in Africa is celebrating SECAM Day with gratitude - the day on which the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org/) was founded by African Bishops. SECAM is continental body of liaison, study and consultation created to preserve, encourage and promote…

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    • His Eminence Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and Head of the Catholic Church in Africa
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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…