Let’s “articulate our own views, voices”: Cameroonian Jesuit on Theological Reflections on Synodal Outcomes

(Jude Atemanke and João Vissesse. ACI Africa).

Delegates representing the Church in Africa at the ongoing Synod on Synodality need to amplify their views and voices on issues relating to the growth of the Church on the continent, a Cameroonian member of the Society of Jesus (SJ) has said. 

Speaking to ACI Africa on the sidelines of a convention bringing together African professionals in the fields of theology and pastoral ministry to deliberate on the outcomes of the first session of the Synod on Synodality, Fr. Ludovic Lado described the two-phase convention under the auspices of the African Synodality Initiative (ASI) as “a good intellectual apostolate”.

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Traditional African king says meeting Francis was ‘like a miracle’

(Crux. Ngala Killian Chimtom).

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A traditional African leader from a region of Cameroon currently torn by conflict has described a June 3 meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican as “like a miracle,” saying it may contribute to the cause of dialogue and peace. Fon Moolo II of Nkar was in Rome for an interreligious dialogue conference sponsored by the Focolare movement. In Cameroon, “Fon” is the local term for a king. Moolo II’s territory is in the troubled English-speaking northwestern region of Cameroon, a nation of roughly 30 million people in west Africa. “I could never have imagined that I would ever see the pope, much less meeting him,” Moolo II told Crux upon his return to the Douala International Airport in Cameroon on Saturday.

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Cardinal Sarah : quelle est la vocation d’une université catholique ?

(Editorial. La Nef).

Discours prononcé en avril 2024 aux étudiants prêtres, religieux, religieuses et laïcs de l’École Théologique Saint-Cyprien du diocèse d’Obala (Cameroun), sur le thème suivant : « La vocation d’une université catholique à la lumière de l’enseignement de Benoît XVI »

Chers étudiants de l’École Théologique Saint Cyprien du diocèse d’Obala,

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African priest, intellectual says Trump verdict reaction lacks ‘basic moral values’

(Crux. Ngala Killian Chimtom).

A leading African Catholic priest and intellectual has publicly lamented the rush of financial support for former U.S. President Donald Trump in the wake of his conviction in a hush money trial, saying the reaction illustrates that “basic moral values no longer seem to matter.” Father Humphrey Tatah Mbuy of Cameroon, the director of communications for his country’s bishops conference, made the remarks June 2. “After the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, was found guilty of 34 counts of felony, his supporters took pride in less than six hours to collect a whopping $52 million for his support, as if to tell the world and its children that it doesn’t matter any crime anyone commits, money talks,” Mbuy said. In a weekly reflection titled Fides Quaerens Intellectum, a classic Latin phrase meaning “faith seeking understanding,” Mbuy argued that Trump’s own reaction to the verdicts in his trial for illegal payoffs to a former porn star, coupled with the wave of popular support for the former president, sends a worrying signal.

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La première Association Camerounaise de Soins Palliatifs en Espagne est présentée «Soigner la Vie» (SLV) «Prendre soin de la vie»

(SLV. Staff).

Ce samedi 27 avril, à l’Hôpital Laguna Care Center, cette Association Camerounaise de Soins Palliatifs a été présentée pour la première fois en Espagne. L’événement a eu lieu dans la salle de formation Magna de l’hôpital Laguna Care Center de Madrid. L’ambassadeur du Cameroun en Espagne, Paulin Godfried Yanga, et des représentants des ambassades du Congo, du Nigeria et de la Gambie ont participé à l’événement. Parmi les participants se trouvaient également des personnes originaires d’autres pays africains tels que le Sénégal, la Gambie et le Maroc. La présentation a été ouverte par le directeur général de l’hôpital Laguna Care Center, David Rodríguez-Rabadán, qui a expliqué qu’ils utilisent et utiliseront tous les moyens à leur disposition pour continuer à soutenir ce projet naissant. Encarnación Pérez Bret, infirmière palliative à domicile de Laguna, a expliqué la nécessité de promouvoir les soins palliatifs comme premier moyen de lutter contre l’euthanasie et l’urgence de les promouvoir en Afrique, où la culture des soins palliatifs est encore très naissante. L’Association, vieille de trois ans, a été présentée en Espagne avec l’aide de Fondations espagnoles, certaines présentes comme la Fondation des Amis de Monkole, la Fondation Vianorte-Laguna et la Fondation La Vicuña ARBOR VITAE et IDOC i FTIH. La Fondation Adeste, la Fondation Recover et la Fondation Adespa française ont également été soutenues d’une manière ou d’une autre.

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Cardinal Sarah denounces ‘atheistic’ Western bishops who prefer the world to the cross

(Catholic Herald. Paul Haring).

Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah has accused Western bishops of worldliness and of succumbing to the temptation of “practical atheism” as they lose faith in the teachings of the Catholic Church.

The former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments said that so many bishops desired to be “loved by the world” that they have forgotten that Christianity calls them to be “signs of contradiction”. The 78-year-old cardinal also repeated his criticism of Fiducia Supplicans, the Vatican document that provides for the blessings of couples involved in same-sex unions, insisting that it’s not just traditional African culture but Catholic teaching itself which makes the document unacceptable. Speaking to the episcopal conference of Cameroon, Cardinal Sarah accused many bishops of “a failure of nerve” when confronted by the successive cultural revolutions convulsing the West.

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