African Bishops on MDG European tour

A delegation of African bishops and development experts are currently in Europe to meet European political leaders ahead of the upcoming Millennium Development Goals Review Summit in New York.
Under discussion are efforts to improve the well-being of African communities, the obstacles they encounter and priorities to achieve change.
Philomena Johnson, is a member of the advocacy team with the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, who is travelling with the Bishops.
She says “ the African Bishops feel that the MDG’s offer a good opportunity for the world to afford the poor their human dignity.
She also told Vatican Radio that the Church in Africa has a very significant role to play in development…