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Church must breed responsible people, says archbishop
Talk. Archbishop of Protase Rugambwa, Vatican Secretary of the Congregation for Evangelisation of peoples speaks a during the golden jubileet celebrations for SECAM at Speke Resort Hotel, Munyonyo in Kampala on Sunday. PHOTO BY RACHEL MABALA
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- The chairperson of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa said the celebration of SECAM is testimony that the Catholic Church in Africa has lived the teaching of Vatican Council II as evidenced by her exponential growth in it’s structures.
Kampala. A Vatican official has asked the Church in Africa to form upright consciences that will breed responsible people.
“All the baptised, whatever their position in the church or their level of instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelisation, and it would be insufficient to envisage a plan of evangelisation to be carried out by professionals while the rest of the faithful would simply be passive recipients,” said Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, the Vatican Secretary of the Congregation for Evangelisation of people.
Archbishop Rugambwa was speaking at the celebrations to mark the golden jubilee for the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) at Speke Resort Hotel, Munyonyo yesterday.
The Symposium of African Bishops was launched by Saint Pope Paul VI to work in solidarity and collegiality to promote the Catholic Church’s participation in education, spiritual, medical, social and economic development in Africa.
“It is important to recall that the goal of enculturation, both yesterday and today, is to allow the church to emerge as authentically African yet always profoundly Christian and Catholic. It is hoped that the church in Africa will have her proper way of life and her own impact on African society,” Archbishop Rugambwa said.
The chairperson of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa said the celebration of SECAM is testimony that the Catholic Church in Africa has lived the teaching of Vatican Council II as evidenced by her exponential growth in it’s structures.
“It is a time when we reflect, look back into the past to see what we have achieved and reflect on where we have failed with the aim for renewing our commitments. Indeed, the Catholic Church in Africa should thank God for the many blessings we have received and the several accomplishments in the integral human development of society,” Bishop Zziwa said.
