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December 13, 2022

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE : PREMIÈRE SESSION DE TRAVAIL DE L’ÉQUIPE SYNODALE CONTINENTALE AFRICAINE TENUE À ACCRA-GHANA

La séance de travail a été facilitée par le Rev.P. Giacomo Costa SJ, membre de la Secrétairerie Générale du Synode au Vatican et soutenu par Dr Philomena Mwaura. L’équipe, composée de laïcs (adultes et jeunes), de personnes consacrées (hommes et femmes), de prêtres et d’évêques de pays anglophones, français et lusophones, a engagé une conversation spirituelle où, entre autres, elle a atteint quatre objectifs principaux.
December 12, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: FIRST WORKING SESSION OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL SYNODAL TEAM HELD IN ACCRA-GHANA

The working session was facilitated by Fr. Giacomo Costa SJ, a member of the General Secretariat of the Synodal at the Vatican and supported by Dr. Philomena Mwaura. The team, which was made up of lay persons (adults and young people), consecrated persons (men and women) priests and bishops from English, French and Portuguese speaking countries engaged in a spiritual conversation where, among other things, they achieved four main objectives.
December 7, 2022

SYNODAL ON SYNODALITY

African Synodality Continental Team Working Session1 is held in Accra, Ghana A 2-Day Working Session on Theme: 'For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission' started on the 6th of December and will end on the 8th of December 2022
December 3, 2022

SECAM Secretary General Participates in Synodality Continental Stage Meeting in Rome

Secretary Generals shared continental experiences between and among themselves on their achievements, challenges and aspirations for the future and most especially the preparatory works toward the Synodal Continental Assembly during the two-day meeting in Rome.
November 28, 2022

SECAM bids farewell to its president.

November 18, 2022

The Plenary of the Dicastery for Communications: A Give and Take Synodal Experience by Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo

The Dicastery for Communication held its Plenary in Vatican from November 10- 12, 2022 and The Church in Africa was represented for the first time by a high-level delegation led by His Excellency, Most Rev. Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, Bishop of the Diocese of Oyo, President of CEPACS (Comité Episcopal Panafricain des Communications Sociales) and member of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communications and noted that the Plenary of the Dicastery for Communications is a Give and Take Synodal Experience.
November 7, 2022

Justice, Peace and Development Commission of Secam Statement on Cop 27

September 30, 2019

SECAM overjoyed about Pope Francis’ recent visit to Africa

The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) is overjoyed about the recent visit of Pope Francis to three African Countries, where he was […]
September 30, 2019

New Cardinals Will Play An Important Role In Their Countries

Pope Francis on 1st September 2019 released 13 names of prelates to be created Cardinals on 5th October 2019. Among them are 10 who will be […]
August 1, 2018

Use every medium to spread the news about SECAM

The secretary General of SECAM, Rev. Fr. Joseph Komakoma, has urged all and sundry to use every opportunity they get to spread the news about the […]
July 31, 2018

SECAM launches golden jubilee year in Kampala

The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has launched the SECAM Golden Jubilee Year, July 2018-July 2019, and unveiled the logo for the […]
July 31, 2018

AFRICAN CHURCH LIVES THE PROPHECY TO BE MISSIONARIES TO ITSELF

 “The Church in Africa has been able to do what Blessed Pope Paul VI prophesied when he launched SECAM in 1969, he said, “be missionaries to […]
July 28, 2018

SECAM DELEGATION ATTENDS GOLDEN JUBILEE WORKSHOP IN KAMPALA

A delegation from the regional conferences of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and other continental institutions have held a workshop from […]
June 2, 2018

Madagascar Bishop Named Cardinal

Pope Francis, on May 20, 2018, announced the names of 14 new Cardinals to be created at a consistory on June 29, 2018.  He made the announcement […]
June 2, 2018

SECAM-German Bishops Meet in Madagascar

African and German Bishops call for a more just global order especially in ensuring that international trade offers the same opportunities to all countries and peoples. […]