ZAMBIA: SECAM is in Solidarity with African Countries in their Socio-Political hitches
National and Regional Secretaries General of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) have expressed solidarity and spiritual proximity to the countries of Africa experiencing socio-political difficulties.
They have named Cameroon, DRC, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Togo as countries that are experiencing socio-political difficulties hence have pledged to bring the voice of the African Church to the heart of the political institutions of the African Union.
In their communiqué released on Sunday 22nd April, 2018 after the 5th Ordinary Meeting of SECAM Secretaries General held in Livingstone, Zambia from 18th to 23rd April, 2018 and read by SECAM Secretary General, Very Rev Fr. Joseph Komakoma, SECAM wants to bring the voice of the African Church to the heart of the political institutions of the African Union by accessing political establishments.
SECAM has a Liaison office to the African Union that has been functional for years now and the National and Regional Secretaries General of SECAM have discussed the strengthening of communication at all levels of the Catholic Church in Africa.
They also looked at migrants, refugees, electoral process, good governance, child protection, self sustainability and owing of SECAM by Catholic Bishops in Africa.
Meanwhile in the same meeting, the Biblical Center for Africa and Madagascar (BIGAM) presented a new impetus to support evangelization by the forthcoming establishment of the Pan-African Catholic Institutes which include the institute for Translation and Interpretation, the Institute of Communication and Institute of Research in Social and Human Sciences.
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By AMECEA Online News Correspondent
