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VATICAN: Seven AMECEA Members to Attend the Upcoming Synod of Bishops

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Most Rev. Berhaneyesus D SOURAPHIEL
 Archbishop of Addis Ababa
Vatican has released on Tuesday 9th September 2014 a list of upcoming Synod of Bishops on marriage and the family delegates, which included 7 Bishops from AMECEA member countries.

AMECEA delegates to the synod include; His Eminence Gabriel Cardinal ZUBEIR WAKO, Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan); His Eminence John Cardinal NJUE, Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya); Most Rev Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M. Archbishop of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), AMECEA Chairman; President of the Council of the Ethiopian Church and President of the Assembly of Catholic Hierarchs of Ethiopia and Eritrea; Most Rev John Baptist ODAMA, Archbishop of Gulu (Uganda); Most Rev. Ignatius CHAMA, Archbishop of Kasama, and Apostolic Administrator “sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of Mpika (Zambia); Rt Rev Tarcisius NGALALEKUMTWA, Bishop of Iringa (Tanzania); and Rt. Rev Joseph Mukasa ZUZA, Bishop of Mzuzu Diocese (Malawi);

HE Gabriel Cardinal ZUBEIR WAKO,
Archbishop of Khartoum
HE John Cardinal Njue,
 Archbishop of Nairobi
Information received from Vatican stated that a total of 253 people will participate in this meeting, which is considered an Extraordinary General Assembly which will be held in Rome from October 5-19, 2014. The Assembly will also have representatives from other Christian denominations.

The Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be on the theme: “Pastoral challenges to the family in the context of evangelization”. The aim of the meeting is "to propose to today's world the beauty and the values of the family, which emerge from the proclamation of Jesus Christ Who disperses fear and supports hope," the Vatican said.

Source: By Fr Chrisantus Ndaga; AMECEA Social Communications Office, Nairobi.

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