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Journeying Together in Hope: A Synodal Experience in Abidjan

Grace Akunna John-EmeziAugust 26, 20251246 views

I arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, in early August, filled with a theologian’s curiosity about the third Pan-African Catholic Jubilee Congress. What I found over the next five days was more than an academic gathering; it was a profound journey of faith that began the moment I stepped onto the grounds of the Catholic University of West Africa. Organized by…

A Moment of Renewal: African Church Leaders Emphasize Servant Leadership and Spiritual Growth in Abidjan

Titilayo AdulojuAugust 9, 20252428 views

. 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…