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March 7, 2025

SECAM President: Message for the International Women’s Day

Celebrating Women: Rights, Equality and Empowerment Message of the Catholic Church in Africa for the International Women’s Day March 8, 2025 Today, we join the global […]
March 7, 2025

Missionaries of synodality in Rwanda

Missionaries of synodality in Rwanda Meeting of the Rwandan Bishops’ Conference Vatican, 7 March 2025 Press Release About fifty delegates (bishops, priests, men and women religious, […]
March 4, 2025

ADDIS ABABA DECLARATION BY RELIGIOUS, INTERFAITH, ETHICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS ON REPARATIONS

ADDIS ABABA DECLARATION BY RELIGIOUS, INTERFAITH, ETHICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS ON REPARATIONS* We, the delegates participating in the Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 27 […]
March 3, 2025

Faith and Ethical Communities Unite in Addis Ababa to Champion Reparative Justice for Africans and People of African Descent

Faith and Ethical Communities Unite in Addis Ababa to Champion Reparative Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Addis Ababa, March 1, 2025 – In […]
February 26, 2025

Faith and Ethical Communities Unite to Champion Reparative Justice for Africans and People of African Descent

PRESS RELEASE Faith and Ethical Communities Unite to Champion Reparative Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 25, 2025 – www.SECAM.org: […]
February 17, 2025

Christ, source of hope, reconciliation and peace: a call to prayer and fasting

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him” (Rom 15:13) CHRIST, SOURCE OF HOPE, RECONCILIATION AND PEACE: […]
February 15, 2025

SECAM seminar for new African bishops to strengthen responsibility and communion

“Knowing and Owing SECAM”, is the theme of a Seminar for the new African Catholic Bishops ordained across the continent and its islands in the past […]
February 8, 2025

SECAM Statement on the Ongoing Conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Statement from the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) on the Ongoing Conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Christ is our […]
January 27, 2025

Catholic Church in Africa Announces Volunteer Programme: A Call for Skilled Volunteers to Support the Catholic Church’s in Africa

Catholic Church in Africa Announces Volunteer Programme: A Call for Skilled Volunteers to Support the Catholic Church’s in Africa These volunteer opportunities will allow individuals to […]
January 10, 2025

Bishop Mamza urges unity, love and collaboration among SECAM Secretariat Staff

“Brothers and sisters, we must love one another, especially as colleagues called to work together, even we come from different countries and places”, urged Most Rev. […]
December 5, 2024

SECAM STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING IN KIGALI, RWANDA

The Standing Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) held its second and last ordinary meeting of the year in Kigali, […]
October 27, 2024

ENCYCLICAL LETTER ON HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST

« ‘He loved us’, Saint Paul says of Christ (cf. Rom 8:37), in order to make us realize that nothing can ever “separate us” from that […]
October 14, 2024

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo: “The Church cannot remain silent in the face of the illegal exploitation of mineral resources in Africa”

“Modern martyrs, victims of the exploitation of mineral resources in Africa: Realities and perspectives of the outgoing Church”. This is the theme of a conference presented […]
October 9, 2024

Archbishops of Abidjan and Alger among the 21 new Cardinals announced by Pope Francis

The Holy Father announced a consistory for the creation of 21 new Cardinals from around the world to be held in the Vatican on 8 December […]
October 8, 2024

Fr. Albert Ngengi Mundele: “BICAM-CEBAM is investing more in in-depth evangelization”

A biblical specialist and teacher at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in Nairobi, Kenya, Prof. Albert Ngengi Mundele, a priest of the diocese of […]
September 30, 2024

AFRICA PREPARED FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SYNOD

The delegates from Africa and its islands for the Second Session of the Synod on Synodality have gone through various stages of preparation and are ready […]
September 23, 2024

Season of creation: Statement from the Justice, Peace and Development Commission of SECAM

A Call to Prayer, Reflection and Concrete Actions Statement from the Justice, Peace and Development Commission of SECAM 23 September 2024 Each year, the Season of […]
September 17, 2024

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FUNDING SHOULD RESPECT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS

PRESS RELEASE EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN UNION SHOULD ENSURE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FUNDING RESPECTS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS The Justice, Peace and Development Commission (JPDC) of the Symposium of […]
September 8, 2024

SECAM and MISSIO Empowering African Women Religious

In Lomé, Togo, Catholic women religious from Africa met from 4 to 9 September to reflect on their empowerment and security. The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences […]
August 10, 2024

SECAM Celebrating ACI Africa at 5: Heads in Heaven with Feet Firmly on the Ground

On the occasion of the 5th Anniversary Celebration of the Association for Catholic Information in Africa (ACI Africa), August 9, 2024, at JJ MacCarthy Centre, Riverside […]
July 26, 2024

Brazzaville: SECAM addresses challenges and perspectives for the Church in Africa and the society

The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) is gathering with the Secretaries General of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and its Islands. Opened […]