“Una caro”: Why Is the Vatican Still Getting Africa Wrong on Marriage?
When the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) recently published Una caro, it did more than restate Catholic teaching on marriage. It revived a troubling pattern in global Catholic discourse: speaking about Africa without listening to Africa. The document’s claim that “monogamous marriage in Africa would be considered an exceptional reality, given the widespread practice of polygamy”…