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Regarded as one of the pioneer figures of African Theology, Fr Prof. Bénézet Bujo has died at the age of 83.The native of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and professor emeritus of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, died after a long illness on Thursday evening, November 9, at the Friborg Cantonal Hospital.
Fr Dr. Lado Ludovic, SJ, during a recent lecture at the inauguration of Hekima University College's 40th Academic Year on August 19, 2023, has posited that if theology is to be understood as a human discourse on God who is concerned with the problems of humanity, it must therefore be a praxis for liberation.
Founded in 1984 as a Jesuit School of Theology to a few students of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), Hekima University College (HUC) has advanced its mission as a centre for excellent formation, research and intellectual scholarship committed to offering a high-quality, integral, and contextualized education to include students from about fourteen local and international religious congregations.
A March 6 panel discussion, “Global Catholicism: The Past, Present, and Future of the Church,” drew upon Provost John McGreevy’s book .