Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). / Credit: François-Régis Salefran, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA).
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Based on a synthesis of the responses of the African Episcopal Conferences on Pope Francis declaration Fiducia Supplicans, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has reiterated that the directives cannot be carried out in Africa.
Following the Vatican's decision to allow priests to bless same-sex couples, African Catholic bishops have opposed it, according to multiple reports.
The letter, issued Jan. 11, was written by Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). Ca.