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| H.E. Berhaneyesus Cardinal Souraphiel, MC |
The Chancellor of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa Ethiopia H.E. Berhaneyesus Cardinal Souraphiel, MC, has called upon families to embrace love, unity and service to one another in order to avert the numerous challenges facing the family institution in the world today.
“What matters in family is not the amount of wealth and resources people have that make them live comfortably, but love and unity among family members. The love shown between parents and children and between husbands and wives is what is needed,’ said Cardinal Berhaneyesus in his homily during the thanksgiving Mass for the for 32nd graduation ceremony at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA).
Cardinal Berhaneyesus who is the Chairman of AMECEA is bringing the theme of the family ahead of the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to be held in Rome from Sunday 4th to 25th October 2015; on which he is going to attend as a special appointee of the Holy Father.
“When fathers are simple and humble, they are able to bring the family together and keep it united. Likewise when mothers are simple and humble, they become a great example to their children and the entire family,” he said adding that the family is threatened by so many challenges in the world today and therefore it is a great blessing that the Holy Father Pope Francis has dedicated the coming synod to deliberate on the vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world.
Meanwhile, the Cardinal also called upon everyone to continue with the Mission of the Holy Father on Care for our environment.
By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News
