Vatican City, Rome, October 4 to 25, 2009.
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This website was put together as a preparation for the Second Special Assembly of Bishops for Africa with the Themeç “The Church in Africa in service to reconciliation, justice and peace: You are the salt of the earth… you are the light of the world.” The Synod is now over but the work of the Synod now begins. The Message has been given to the public worldwide and the Propositions have been handed over the the Pope and the Secretariat for the Synods and the Council for Africa for further considerations... As an exercise in continued Solidarity with this Church in Africa that we know and love, we provide this web as a kind of one stop shop. We have offered some background on the connections that exist between our churches and peoples, the many partnerships, twinning relationships that bind us. We list the many missionary communities that are present in Africa. There is a section that focuses on the Synod and we hope to receive and share here reflections from the continent with you. And of course we pray for the gift of the Spirit that will grace this assembly. There are also resources and links with Universities and other Advocacy groups that can help with better understanding of and engagement with Africa.
This initiative is the work of the Catholic Task Force on Africa, a Washington DC based group of advocates who come together monthly to share our work, passion and perspective with each other on behalf of our many constituents who are working for justice and peace in Africa.
We offer this to you as a way of being:
TOGETHER WITH AFRICA: A CELEBRATION OF HOPE
If you have any contributions or questions about this website, please
send an email to me at director@afjn.org
Sincerely yours,
Fr. Rocco Puopolo, s.x.
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QUESTIONS TO ASK FR ROCCO
THIS LAST WEEK OF THE SYNOD
Second sharing of Fr. Paulinus of Notre Dame
Rocco's Interview on Vatican Radio
 Fr. Rocco and Don Barthelemy Adoukonou
Instrumentum Laboris 2009 -document for the synod.
Listen to Audio of Spiritan Fr. Eammon Mulcahy on the Upcoming Second African Synod http://www.radiovaticana.org/en3/Articolo.asp?c=311684
12. “Outside forces, in complicity with men and women on the African continent, exploit the wounded state of the human heart, a condition not exclusive to African society. They fuel wars so as to sell arms. They back those in power, irrespective of human rights and democratic principles, so as to guarantee economic benefit (the exploitation of natural resources, the acquisition of important markets, etc.). They threaten to destabilize entire nations and to eliminate persons who wish to free themselves from their oppression.”
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