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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS FOR WORLD MISSION DAY 2019

Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on Mission in the World Dear Brothers and Sisters, For the month of October 2019, I have asked that the whole Church revive her missionary awareness and commitment as we commemorate the centenary of the Apostolic Letter Maximum Illud of Pope Benedict XV (30 November 1919). Its farsighted and prophetic vision of the apostolate has made me realize once ag...
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POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION -TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO THE ENTIRE PEOPLE OF GOD

CHRISTUS VIVIT OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO THE ENTIRE PEOPLE OF GOD 1. Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world, and everything he touches becomes young, new, full of life. The very first words, then, that I would like to say to every young Christian are these: Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive! 2. He is in you, he ...
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ETHIOPIA: COMMUNIQUÉ of the 19th AMECEA Plenary Assembly held in in Addis Ababa

COMMUNIQUÉ 19th AMECEA Plenary Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;  (13th to 23rd July, 2018) “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus…..”(Galatians 3:28) The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), comprising of the Episcopal Conferences of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Kenya, Tanz...
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Final Document from the Pre-Synodal Meeting

SYNOD OF BISHOPS XV ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY “YOUNG PEOPLE, THE FAITH AND VOCATIONAL DISCERNMENT” PRE-SYNODAL MEETING FINAL DOCUMENT Rome, 19-24 march 2018   Introduction   The young person of today is met with a host of external and internal challenges and opportunities, many of which are specific to their individual contexts and some of which are shared across continent...
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Message of the Holy Father Francis for Lent 2018

Message of the Holy Father Francis for Lent 2018, 06.02.2018 The following is the Message of the Holy Father for Lent 2018 on the theme: “Because of the increase of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold” (Mt 24: 12). Message of the Holy Father “Because of the increase of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold” (Mt 24: 12) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Once again, the Pasch of th...
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