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Catholic synod: the voices of church leaders in Africa are not being heard – 3 reasons why

Catholic synod: the voices of church leaders in Africa are not being heard – 3 reasons why

THE Catholic church today is deeply polarised. This has created doctrinal fissures that are seemingly unbridgeable. There are many rumbling contestations on questions of identity, mission, faith and morality. Other questions touch on pastoral life, the nature of marriage and family life, denial of holy communion to divorced and remarried Catholics, clerical celibacy, authority in the church and reproductive rights. STAN CHU ILO, Research Professor, World Christianity and African Studies, DePaul University There is also a serious erosion of religious authority. Many church leaders have lost their credibility because of what Pope Francis calls the “leprosy of clerical sexual abuse”…
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Kenyan church and state join hands to fight COVID-19

Kenyan church and state join hands to fight COVID-19

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER KENYAN deputy president William Samuel Ruto has held a  consultation with church leaders in an effort to bolster government and civil society efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Ruto met with the Federation of Evangelical and Indigenous Churches of Kenya. “(We) discussed the integral role of the church and faith leaders, both practically and pastorally, in responding to the COVID-19 crisis through advocacy and awareness creation,” Ruto said, The meeting took place after Kenya extended a nightly curfew for 30 days to curb the spread of COVID-19 and banned alcohol sales in restaurants but stopped short of…
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