Catégorie : Charity
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SECAM SOLIDARITY MESSAGE IN RESPECT OF THE RECENT BLASTS IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA
« The Lord is near to the broken-hearted and helps those whose spirit is crushed » (Psalm 34:18)We the members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) are deeply saddened by recent blasts in Bata city, Equatorial Guinea that resulted in the death of at least 20 people and wounded about 600. It is […]
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Caritas Bénin : Semaine nationale de la Charité
Afin d’aider un plus grand nombre de personnes vulnérables et vivant dans des conditions de vie très précaires et indignes, Caritas Bénin a organise du 22 au 29 novembre 2015 une semaine nationale de la charité pour mobiliser des ressources complémentaires. Les fonds mobilisés au cours de cette période serviront à la prise en charge […]
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Pope’s Address at Nalukolongo Charitable Centre: November 28, 2015
Dear Friends, Thank you for your warm welcome. I wanted very much to visit this House of Charity, which Cardinal Nsubuga founded here in Nalukolongo. This is a place which has always been associated with the Church’s outreach to the poor, the handicapped, the sick. Here, in early times, slave children were ransomed and women […]
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The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) Pastoral Statement for the World Aid Day – 2015
The Call of the Church on Persons Living with HIV and AIDS and their Affected Families One of the tenets of our faith as Christians, is the fundamental belief that life is sacred from conception to death. Life remains sacred in all its forms and conditions of our existence, including illness. In fact, it is […]