African bishops at the pope Francis's synod about the family
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At the synod in 2015, African bishops, Polish bishops alongside, played a very important role, trying to free the discussions from the ideological postulates of liberal Western European circles and direct them towards the real pastoral discernment. The article attempts to present the contribution of African bishops, based on press publications that appeared in Rome during the synod and the statements of African bishops in the synod hall – recorded in the notes of the chairman of the Polish Episcopal Conference, whom the author accompanied as a theological expert – which concerned the reality of the modern world, the truth about marriage and family and pastoral work in the service of this truth.
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Archiwum autora: 🟠 Wystąpienia podczas sesji synodalnych: Andari Antoine Nabil (Liban), Arogundade Jude Ayodeji (Nigeria), Atanga Joseph SJ (Kamerun), Banshimiyubusa Gervais (Burundia), Borwah Anthony Fallah (Liberia), Lola Nicolas Djomo (Kongo), Dogbo Ignace Bessi (Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej), Kambanda Antoine (Rwanda), Kleda Samuel (Kamerun), Laham Grégorie III (Syria), Napier Wilfrid Fox OFM (RPA), Ndiaye Benjamin (Senegal), Ngalalekumtwa Tarcisius (Tanzania), Odama John Baptist (Uganda). Ouédraogo Philippe Nakellentuba (Burkina Faso), Palmer-Buckle Charles Gabriel (Ghana), Sarah Robert (Watykan), Thottunkal Baselios Cleemis (Indie), Umoh Camillus Raymond (Nigeria), Younan Ignace Youssif III (Liban), Zziwa Joseph Anthony (Uganda).
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