Abidjan – August 8, 2025 Calls for Spiritual Leadership, Self-Reliance, and Deeper Communion with Christ At the ongoing PACTPAN Jubilee Congress, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Secretary for the Evangelisation of Peoples, delivered an exciting call for African Catholics to embrace their mission as a “Church of Sheaves”, a maturing, fruitful Church rooted in Christ and ready to give back to the…
. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – August 7, 2025 In the hushed hall of the Catholic University of Abidjan, on the second day of the III PACTPAN Jubilee Congress, a moment of renewal began. African clergy, theologians, thinkers, and lay faithful were not merely debating leadership in the Church—they were reimagining it through the lens of lived experience, ancestral wisdom, and theological…
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – August 7 In a bold and transformative gathering at the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN) Jubilee Congress in Abidjan, leading African theologians, bishops, and pastoral agents called for a reimagined Church in Africa—one that speaks with its own voice, walks together in synodality, and reclaims its cultural and spiritual identity. ❝ People need a…
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – In an inspiring homily during the liturgical celebration for the III Pan-African Catholic Jubilee Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life which is also the day marking Côte d’Ivoire’s Independence Day, in the auditorium of Catholic University of Abidjan, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo the President of SECAM made a passionate call to the delegates of the Pan-African…
Africa’s Ecclesial Awakening: Church Leadership Reimagined at PACTPAN Jubilee Congress Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, August 6, 2025 In the heart of Abidjan, the PACTPAN Jubilee Congress has become the epicentre of a quiet but profound ecclesial revolution. Far from the grandeur of decrees or papal proclamations, this gathering of theologians, clergy, scholars, lay faithful and young people is reshaping the narrative…
St. Jean Parish, Cocody, Abidjan – 6 August 2025 The African Church took a bold step into a new chapter of spiritual renewal and theological reflection as the III Panafrican Catholic Jubilee Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life (PACTPAN) commenced with a solemn and stirring Opening Mass at St. Jean Parish in Cocody, Abidjan. Presiding over the liturgy, Cardinal…
The upcoming III Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life, organized by the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network (PACTPAN), emerges as a historic gathering poised to profoundly shape the future of the African Catholic communities and influence the global Church. Scheduled for August 5–10, 2025, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, under the theme “Journeying Together in Hope as…
❝ Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that fully conscious and active participation in liturgical celebrations…” — Sacrosanctum Concilium, §14 Introduction In many parts of Africa, the Catholic Church is growing and alive with the vibrancy of its youth. In this edition of Young Faith, New Horizons, we turn our focus to a profound…
Stan Chu Ilo, Reporting from the Kigali Convention Centre, – August 1, 2025 Kigali — In a powerful address delivered at the opening of the 20th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) in Kigali, Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, issued an urgent appeal for the…
Reporting from the Kigali Convention Center – July 31, 2025 Kigali — At the Regina Pacis Church in Kigali, under the gaze of Mary, Queen of Peace, the 20th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) opened with a solemn Mass presided over by Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of…