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New Vicariates erected; Bishops and Auxiliary Bishop appointed.

The 57 propositions published on October 24 at the conclusion of the Second Africa Synod and presented to Pope Benedict XVI.

The Synod Fathers submit to the Supreme Pontiff for his consideration the documentation on “The Church in Africa at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace.” You are the Salt of the Earth...You are the Light of the World” (Mt 5:13, 14), associated with this Synod. This documentation includes: the “Lineamenta”, the “Instrumentum laboris”, the reports “ante” and “post disceptationem”, the texts of the interventions, both those presented in the synod hall and those “in-scriptis” and the reports on the deliberations in the small groups. In addition to these, the Synod Fathers make some concrete proposals which they hold to be of capital importance....

Draft of the final message of the Africa Synod

1. It was a special gift of grace and like a last will and testament to Africa when the Servant of God Pope John Paul II, towards the end of his life, on November 13th, 2004, announced his intention to convoke a Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops.

This same intention was confirmed by ...

Reflection by His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Holy Father’s Response, Oct 6/2009, Vatican City

Carrying the Cross of Christ in the cradle of mankind

During the Third General Congregation that convened in the Synod Hall on Tuesday morning. 6 October, His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Patriarch of the Flhiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, addressed the Synod Fathers present. The following are excerpts of his reflection. ...

Message of His Grace Abune Berhaneyesus D. Souraphiel For Ethiopian New Year 2002 (Amharic Pdf)

Statement by Christian-Muslim Religious leaders on Peace Building In The Horn of Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopian 30^th-31^st July 2009

We, the religious leaders representing the Christian and Muslim faiths from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) countries meeting in Addis Ababa on 30^th-31 July 2009, to deliberate on Peace Building, Healing and reconciliation in the Horn of Africa, ...

Summary of Synod of Bishops, October 15,2009

VATICAN CITY, 16 OCT 2009 (VIS) - Given below are extracts from further reports of the language groups, presented yesterday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall during the Fifteenth General Congregation, the texts of which were only made public yesterday afternoon. ...

Appointment of Apostolic Vicar of Nekemte (Ethiopia)

The Holy Father has appointed Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia) on Rev.do Father Theodorus van Ruijven, CM, Prefect Apostolic of hitherto Jimma-Bonga and Apostolic Administrator of Nekemte. He has been given the bishop's seat holder Utimma.

Speech delivered by His Grace Abune Berhaneyesus Sourafiel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa on the Synod on Africa, Vatican City

First of all, I want to convey to His Holiness Benedict XVI and to all the members of this Synod of Bishops Special Assembly for Africa the heartfelt greetings from all our Catholics in Ethiopia.

I want to concentrate on three points, ...

ECS held a health coordination meeting, June 29- 30/2009

Ethiopian Catholic Church Health Coordinators’ meeting organized by ECS Health and HIV/AIDS Unit was held from June 29- 30, 2009. The objective of the meeting was to bring together diocesan and hospital coordinators to share experience, challenge and opportunities in ECC health coordination. ...

The Ethiopian Catholic Church Coordination Meeting Held May 19 to 21/2009, Addis Ababa

The Ethiopian Catholic Church Coordination Meeting was held from May 19 to 21, 2009 at The Ethiopian Catholic Bishops Conference Center, Addis Ababa.

The theme of the meeting was “The Role of Education in Poverty Reduction”. Catholic Education in Ethiopia, Education and Gender, Education and Vulnerable Children And Quality of Education, were topics addressed during the meeting. ...