Church in Africa won’t follow German synodal path, priest says

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YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – An assembly bringing together clergy, religious, and laity from across Africa says the priorities for the Church include resisting an invasive secularism that threatens the continent’s cultural values.

The Continental Assembly of the Synod on Synodality took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 1-6.

Some 200 delegates from across the continent pledged to “form the Synodal Family of God in the practice of integral and life-giving leadership that is relational and collaborative, and capable of generating solidarity and co-responsibility.”

Father Justine John Dyikuk is the former Director of Communications of the Nigerian Diocese of Bauchi Diocese and a Lecturer of Mass Communication at the University of Jos. He also serves as a Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom Policy at the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) in Washington, D.C.

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