CUEA: Upcoming Writers Conference in Gaba, Eldoret to Focus on 10th Anniversary of Pope Francis’ Pontificate

Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA

The upcoming annual international writers conference to be held at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) Gaba Campus in Eldoret, Kenya, is aimed at focusing on the leadership of Pope Francis for the past 10 years.

Following the resignation of his predecessor the late Pope Benedict XIV on 28 February, 2013, who was reported to have been the first pontiff to resign from office in 600 years, Pope Francis has been the Head of the Catholic Church since 13 March, 2013, after the conclave’s election.

According to Fr. Dr. Jordan Nyenyembe, the coordinator for AMECEA Gaba publications, CUEA press responsible for the annual conference and the chief editor, in collaboration with Moi University, Eldoret, writers are expected to present papers emphasizing on the theme; Critical reflection on 10^th anniversary of Pope Francis’ Pontificate.

In the poster announcing the forthcoming conference slated for 27^th-29^th September, the conveners’ highlighted various sub-themes expected during the presentation which include: Election of Pope Francis to Papacy, Pastoral methodology of Pope Francis, Major themes of Pope Francis’ homilies and letters, Pope Francis and the Catholic theology, Papacy global leadership and geopolitics, climate change and universal implications of the encyclical letter Laudato Si.’

Other thematic areas of interest in the Pope’s Pontificate include migration and displacement in Pope Francis’ teachings, Papal exhortation on human suffering and evangelization in Africa, Papacy, safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable persons, Pope Francis approach to integral human development, practical implication of synodality on evangelization in Africa, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue in the era of Pope Francis, pontifical teaching on the youth and on the Pope’s teachings on the laity.

AMECEA Gaba publication, CUEA press normally convene international writers’ conference annually.