African Bishops Meet, Will ‘Speak With One Voice’ at Synod

Catholic Culture ^ | 6/16/15

[marshmallow]

The presidents of African national and regional episcopal conference gathered in Ghana from June 8 to 11 to discuss the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the family.

Fifty prelates, including five cardinals, were present. Among them was Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

“Be conscious of the mission of the Church; protect the sacredness of marriage which is now being attacked by all forms of ideologies that intend to destroy the family in Africa,” said Cardinal Sarah, according to a Vatican Radio report. “Do not be afraid to stress the teaching of the Church on marriage.”

“Africa will speak with one voice at the next Synod: with one voice we will present the challenges and successes of family life in Africa,” added Angolan Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi, the president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar.

Cardinal Christian Tumi, 84, of Cameroon urged the future synod fathers “to remain united” in the face of “the false doctrines that destabilize the Church.”

[marshmallow]

Heartburn for Kasper and his acolytes.

[don-o]

Awesome news!

[hoosierham]

I am seeing irony in this.

Bless those African bishops.

[Savage Beast]

Future generations will view the wild excesses of Western Civilization in its decadent period as a repeat of the Roman Empire in its decadent period.

Non-Westerners do today.

[onedoug]

At last, something decent out of Africa.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I’m with the Africans! Axios!