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To my Venerable Brothers Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal Kurt KOCH, President of the Pontifical Council […]

“Justice and Peace at the service of reconciliation and integral development of Africa” Download Final Message

SECAM POSITION PAPER 1.0 Introduction The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), which brings together the Bishops of the Church in Africa, has taken […]

A Continental Reconciliation Committee is to be established by the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) to address issues that may lead to […]

“Justice and Peace at the service of reconciliation and integral development of Africa” FINAL MESSAGE INTRODUCTION We, Archbishops, President-Bishops of Justice and Peace Regional and National […]

Most Rev. Gabriel Yaw Justice Anokye, Archbishop of Kumasi, Second Vice-President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and Chairman of its […]

PRESS RELEASE: SECAM/PR/2015/02  February 6, 2015 Most Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, Bishop of Oyo diocese, Nigeria, has been appointed the Chairman for Communications of the […]

PRESS RELEASE REF: COM-CEPACS/SECAM/2015/01  January 30, 2015. The Standing Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be received in audience […]

Bishop Sithembele Sipuka, Bishop of Mthatha representing SECAM at a meeting of Bishops with government delegations on the occasion of COP 20 1. The Impact of […]

The Church in Africa has been urged to do more in the area of evangelisation by putting into practice the Gospel message and not to rely […]

SECAM PRESS RELEASE- 18/11/2014 Burial takes place in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, of Rev. Fr. Pierre Ile B. […]

The Standing Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) is having its second meeting for the year in Accra, Ghana, from […]

The meeting organised by the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) in Johannesburg, South Africa  was from  March 10-14, 2014. It  had  as […]

March 12, 2013 The Church in Africa has been urged to, as much as possible, raise funds locally to support its socio-economic and pastoral programmes. This […]

The Archbishop of Cape Town, Most Rev. Stephen Brislin has observed that the Church in Africa is at the brink of a new dawn with great […]

MEETING OF GENERAL SECRETARIES OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 March 2014 ****************************************** PROGRAMME Monday, March 10, 2014 ****************** ARRIVAL / HOME […]

Press Release from SECAM                                                      SECAM Organises workshop for National and Regional Secretaries General in Africa. A workshop organised by the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa […]

Bibliographies of the Cardinals created by Pope Francis during the Consistory of Saturday 22 February: — Pietro Parolin, titular Archbishop of Acquapendente, Secretary of State; — […]

The President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi of Lubango in Angola has described as unfortunate, a disgrace […]

With this solemn concelebration we open the thirteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme The New Evangelization for the Transmission of […]