Pan-African Conference on Laity: radical life witness
(Vatican Radio) The Pan-African Conference of Catholic Laity opened in Yaoundé, Cameroon on Tuesday, September 4th, and runs through September 9th. Under the sponsorship of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, the gathering is bringing together participants in every state of life within the Church, from all over the continent, to discuss the theme: Being Witnesses of Jesus Christ in Africa today – salt of the earth … light of the world. The President of the International Movement of Catholic Students – Pax Romana, Charles Ochero Cornelio of South Sudan is participating in the Conference. He told the head of Vatican Radio’s English for Africa service, Fr. Moses Hamungole, that radical life witness on the part of African youth is a key to the success of the new evangelization in Africa. “As Jesus said, we have to follow Him and carry our cross if we want to follow His footsteps,” Cornelio said, adding, “for the youth in Africa to bear witness to Jesus Christ in Africa today, it is by following Him and living the faith in which we are baptised and confirmed.” Listen to Charles Ochero Cornelio’s extended remarks to Vatican Radio:
| All the contents on this site are copyrighted ©. |