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Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich praised the boldness and the faithfulness of the Catholic Church in Africa after a pilgrimage the prelate took to the west African country Benin last week.
“The Church in Africa is a Church that knows its own value and is not afraid to speak,” Hollerich, a leading organizer of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality, told La Croix International, a French Catholic newspaper.
Hollerich, who serves as the relator general of the synod, participated in the annual Marian pilgrimage to the Notre-Dame d’Arigbo cave in Dassa-Zoumè.
The prelate told La Croix that the Church in Africa is one that is “alive and full of faith” and that he came to “learn,” adding: “I am looking at this Church as a pastor from a European Church to see how we can move forward in the future.” He noted the “joy” seen in the celebrations in Africa, which he contrasted with European celebrations that he said “are sometimes very dull.”
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“The Church in Africa is a Church that knows its own value and is not afraid to speak,” Hollerich, a leading organizer of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality, told La Croix International, a French Catholic newspaper.
Hollerich, who serves as the relator general of the synod, participated in the annual Marian pilgrimage to the Notre-Dame d’Arigbo cave in Dassa-Zoumè.
The prelate told La Croix that the Church in Africa is one that is “alive and full of faith” and that he came to “learn,” adding: “I am looking at this Church as a pastor from a European Church to see how we can move forward in the future.” He noted the “joy” seen in the celebrations in Africa, which he contrasted with European celebrations that he said “are sometimes very dull.”
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Cardinal Hollerich: Catholic Church in Africa ‘not afraid to speak’
The prelate told La Croix that the Church in Africa is one that is “alive and full of faith” and that he came to Benin to “learn.”
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