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| Staff from Church in Need |
The Staff from Church in Need, a Germany based Pontifical Catholic Agency on 28th November 2014 paid a courtesy visit to the participants of Conference for the revitalization of the Council of the Laity for Eastern Africa (COLEA), which is currently going on in Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
The visitors from Germany included Christine du Coudray, Tony w. Zender, Adelheid von Gemmingen and Philipp Ozores.
Presenting her solidarity message to the participants Christine Coudray said she was grateful to have a chance to attend part of the conference whose theme is “Marriage and Family Life, the Future of the Church and Society.”
Recalling the extraordinary synod on the family held in Rome in October this year, Christine applauded the unity of African Bishops who came up strongly against same sex marriage. “This demonstrated the strength of the Church in Africa,” she said.
Christine also said that she is against new expressions adopted by UN and other international agencies where they have changed some of the traditional words, like spouses, couples instead of husband and wife; reproduction which is basically meant for animals for pro-creation –the right expression for human beings. According to her, African societies should decline using these words for the benefits of the future generation.
Christine was also grateful for the partnership which they have with the Church in Africa. Their visit to some of the dioceses in Tanzania demonstrates the strong collaboration that has existed for a long time with the Church in Africa.
SOURCE: Fr Chrisantus Ndaga, AMECEA Social Communications, Dar es Salaam
SOURCE: Fr Chrisantus Ndaga, AMECEA Social Communications, Dar es Salaam