AMECEA President on Evangelization

The Pan African Congress of Catholic laity ended in Yaoundé, Cameroon on Sunday with mass presided over by the retired Archbishop of Douala, Cardinal Christian Tumi. The Congress organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity was held on the theme: Being witnesses of Jesus Christ in Africa today “Salt of the earth...light of the World.
Addressing participants at the closing session on Saturday, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Cardinal Stanisaw Rylko described it as a moment of particular manifestation of the Church in Africa. “We discovered her numerous spiritual resources, her great religious and human vitality, and the strong missionary dynamism of her laity”, he said. He also emphasised that the formation of a mature laity is not a privilege but a right and a duty in the Church, and a matter of great urgency. Cardinal Rylko also stated that the Church in Africa can benefit greatly from the charisms, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and sign of hope given to those in great need.
The current President of AMECEA, the regional bishops conference in Eastern Africa, Malawian Archbishop Tarcisius Ziyaye addressed the participants on the theme of evangelization in the AMECEA region. He later spoke to Vatican Radio’s Fr. Moses Hamoungole on some of the main points in his presentation and on the role of the Gaba Pastoral Institute in forming the agents of evangelization…
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