ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE – AUGUST 2025 – The PACTPAN Assembly has unanimously voted to implement the final statement from the Congress. At its assembly held on 19th September, the Assembly unanimously welcomed the plan for this implementation presented by a team of scholars led by Sr Agnes Sory and Fr Vitalis Anehobi. The Congress’s concluding statement, approved by participants, expresses…
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…
Abidjan – August 8, 2025 Celebration of Hidden History At the III PACTPAN Jubilee Congress of the Pan-African Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life in Abidjan, the quiet and unnoticed strength of African Catholic women of faith is finally stepping into the light. For decades, they have built communities, nurtured hope, and served the Church with devotion, often without recognition. Now,…