(27 Jul 10 – RV) The 15th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences
of Africa and Madagascar, also known as SECAM, is underway in Accra, Ghana.
The
theme this year is “SECAM at 40: Self-Reliance and the Way Forward for the Church
in Africa.”
We spoke with the Archbishop of Accra and President of the Ghana
Catholic Bishops' Conference, Monsignor Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle:
“It’s
going to be an exciting time. We are coming together and we are going to listen to
the spirit, read the scriptures and look for the signs of the times, to see how to
place the African Church in a position to lead Africa further forward in her social,
political, economic development and most importantly her religious and spiritual development”.
“The Church in Africa is growing very fast. It needs to be able to welcome
this growth accepts the challenges thereof form our lay men and women so they can
take up their places as salt of the earth light of the world, form our young men and
women who may want to enter into the priesthood and religious life so they can offer
their service to the Church here and elsewhere in the world. Form our Catholic elite
in our Catholic universities to be able to take up their roles in the socio-political
spheres of society. These are the challenges that we are very happy to take up!”
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