MALAWI: USCCB Recognizes the Contribution Made by African Clergy, Religious and Faithful in the US

The United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has recognized with appreciation
the contribution to their dioceses made by Africans, Clergy and Faithful who
have moved to the US.

Addressing
the AMECEA Bishops during the ongoing 18th AMECEA Plenary Assembly
in Malawi the Representative of the US to the plenary Assembly Most Rev Joseph
W. Tobin, C.Ss.R said they also recognize the challenges the Church in Africa
is facing and pledges support in the “light of the mutual bonds of solidarity.

 

Archbishop
Tobin who is the Bishop of Indianapolis, is accompanied by Patrick Markey and
Fritz Zuger from the USCCB Subcommittee on the Church in Africa in Lilongwe to
attend the 18th  AMECEA
Plenary Assembly.

 

The
Archbishop promised to continue with the collaborations with
AMECEA for the benefits of benefit both USCCB and AMECEA Bishops.

 

Archbishop
Tobin said that USCCB has had a long engagement with Africa and her particular
Churches; an engagement which dates back from the Post-Synodal Exhortation Ecclesia in Africa when the American
Bishop began to reflect on their relationship with their brother bishops in
Africa.

 

He said that
American Bishops have travelled throughout Africa and learned that humanitarian

Fritz Zuger and Patrick Markey

aid was both welcomed and appreciated. “The American Bishops have since
established a Pastoral Solidarity Fund for Africa, which offers economic
assistance that gives the message of solidarity a practical expression.”

 

The
Archbishop said that AMECEA and USCCB staff began to explore an engagement that
has since witnessed two region-wide training sessions for bishops in Kenya, and
Diocesan leadership trainings in Ethiopia and Tanzania.

By Pamela Adinda -AMECEA Social
Communications