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1002 III, 0 | Creator, Provident and Just Judge, values which are readily
1003 Intro, 0 | SECAM). This took place in July- August 1969, during the
1004 V, 1 | to be helped in acquiring juridical status and becoming autonomous
1005 I, 0 | This is why there is no justification for despair or pessimism
1006 IV, 2 | Fathers were all the more justified in that the preparatory
1007 II, 1 | hand. But this does not justify a general condemnation involving
1008 I, 0 | instruments, ensured, in keeping with my wishes, that these
1009 IV, 1 | which divides people and keeps them apart (cf. Eph 2:16).~
1010 III, 0 | This emptying of self, this kenosis necessary for exaltation,
1011 IV, 1 | the goal of preaching the kerygma is to bring the hearer to
1012 III, 0 | whose name a person would kill other people, he requires
1013 IV, 1 | materialistic seductions of all kinds, a certain secularization
1014 III, 0 | supernatural light into knowl- edge of the whole truth.
1015 V, 1 | 93. The Church in Africa knows well that youth are not
1016 VI, 0 | many African nations still labour under authoritarian and
1017 II, 1 | early Church. They have laboured much and suffered much to
1018 VI, 0 | embezzlement by citizens lacking public spirit or by unscrupulous
1019 II, 1 | our Continent very much lacks: hope, peace, joy, harmony,
1020 I, 0 | Assembly of SECAM held in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1987, had already
1021 V, 1 | Exhortation Christifideles Laici 170 and the Encyclical Letter
1022 VII, 0 | gratefully endorsing this dec- laration of the Special Assembly,
1023 II, 1 | Church in Africa are due largely to the heroic and selfless
1024 VI, 0 | for only in this way can lasting peace and harmony for humanity
1025 V, 2 | self-reliance of the Churches.207 Lastly, we cannot forget that a
1026 III, 0 | traditions proper to either the Latin or Eastern Church, "inculturation
1027 Intro, 0 | invites Christ's messengers to launch out into the deep and to
1028 I, 0 | Vatican Council taught: "As lawful Successors of the Apostles
1029 VI, 0 | established on the sound basis of laws which protect the rights
1030 III, 0 | culture for the purpose of learning how to make good use of
1031 IV, 2 | Here, in this school, one learns why it is necessary to have
1032 VI, 1 | countries is so serious as to leave no room for attitudes of
1033 II, 1 | beat him and departed, leaving him half dead (cf. Lk 10:
1034 IV, 1 | himself to be possessed and led by him".148 "Techniques
1035 II, 2 | that, within the borders left behind by the colonial powers,
1036 I, 0 | of charity and protects legitimate differences, while at the
1037 V, 1 | Where pastoral conditions lend themselves to respect and
1038 I, 0 | The Fathers explored at length and in all its complexity
1039 VI, 0 | compassionate ear must also be lent to the anguished cries of
1040 III, 0 | in mourning, paralytics, lepers, the blind, the deaf, the
1041 I, 0 | traditions, without in any way lessening the primacy of the Chair
1042 VII, 0 | Episcopal Conferences. Through liaison bodies at the regional and
1043 III, 0 | kind of neglect. He came to liberate humanity; he came to take
1044 III, 0 | to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
1045 II, 1 | all-pervading despair, where lie the hope and optimism which
1046 III, 0 | nations, must take root in the life-situation of the hearers of the Word.
1047 VII, 0 | activity "is the fostering of lifelong vocations ad gentes, in
1048 III, 0 | says: "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will
1049 VII, 0 | centre of African life and of lifting up all African life to Christ.
1050 I, 0 | took advantage of the ad Limina Visits of the Continent'
1051 V, 1 | love which transcends the limits of the natural solidarity
1052 VI, 1 | has been in the front line of the search for negotiated
1053 IV, 2 | social role".166~Along these lines, the Special Assembly for
1054 III, 0 | evangelizers. She puts on their lips the saving Word".70 Like
1055 III, 0 | also for the reader, the listener and the viewer. Trained
1056 V, 2 | Thus they are places of listening, respect and tolerance.~
1057 II, 1 | in theological study and literary production. The names of
1058 I, 0 | prepared the Eucharistic Liturgies for the opening and closing
1059 I, 0 | which included theologians, liturgists and experts in African chants
1060 VI, 0 | returned. In the granting of loans, it is important to make
1061 VI, 0 | profound differences, overcome long- standing ethnic animosities
1062 VI, 1 | should find equitable and long-lasting solutions to the problems
1063 VI, 0 | effect solutions which can no longer be put off.~
1064 III, 0 | Paschal Mystery".95~It is by looking at the Mystery of the Incarnation
1065 VII, 0 | to them, they must never lose sight of the needs of the
1066 VII, 0 | neediest. In so doing she never loses sight of the primacy of
1067 II, 1 | children and young people — are lying, as it were, on the edge
1068 II, 2 | for all, become parts of a machine, cogs on a gigantic wheel.
1069 I, 0 | make my own: "Like Mary Magdalene on the morning of the Resurrection,
1070 Conclu, 0| the Angel Gabriel, and her Magnificat was already the exultant
1071 II, 1 | in which we find the most magnificent as well as the most tragic
1072 III, 0 | Church's teaching must be maintained. At the same time, people
1073 III, 0 | missionaries".74 Because the vast majority of Africans have not yet
1074 II, 2 | or respect their cultural make-up. They frequently impose
1075 I, 0 | example into Swahili, Arabic, Malagasy, etc. "Publications, conferences
1076 II, 2 | society".58 During my visit to Malawi I made the same point: "
1077 VI, 0 | of particular importance: malnutrition, the widespread deterioration
1078 III, 0 | and of the unity of all mankind".104~
1079 I, 0 | which met in January and March 1989. This Commission was
1080 IV, 2 | Kingdom, where "they neither marry nor are given in marriage" (
1081 III, 0 | to the supreme sacrifice: martyrdom (cf. Mk 8:35). For the Church
1082 VI, 0 | destruction, not to mention massacres and the scandal and tragedy
1083 VI, 1 | continues to suffer from the massive displacement of refugees,
1084 III, 0 | of the Gospel, who must master, among other things, the
1085 IV, 1 | urbanization, unemployment, materialistic seductions of all kinds,
1086 I, 0 | are becoming increasingly mature".9~
1087 III, 0 | Pastors "to exploit to the maximum the numerous possibilities
1088 II, 1 | spite of its poverty and the meagre means at its disposal, the
1089 | meantime
1090 I, 0 | one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the
1091 VI, 1 | widespread poverty and inadequate medical services the Synod considered
1092 I, 0 | figured prominently in my meetings with the People of God in
1093 II, 2 | and even religions often meets obstacles arising from serious
1094 II, 1 | African Popes, Victor I, Melchiades and Gelasius I, belong to
1095 II, 1 | also recorded a growth in membership. In this way the Church
1096 IV, 2 | like every sacrament, is a memorial, actuation and prophecy".
1097 Intro, 0 | of the Synod of Bishops. Memories of this event are still
1098 III, 0 | 76 To Africa, which is menaced on all sides by outbreaks
1099 V, 0 | God demands a change of mentality (metanoia) and behaviour
1100 I, 0 | thanks to the Almighty and Merciful Father through the Son in
1101 I, 0 | belief that the greatness and mercy of the one God were manifested
1102 II, 1 | dialogue.46 The outstanding and meritorious achievements in the field
1103 Intro, 0 | urgently invites Christ's messengers to launch out into the deep
1104 III, 0 | at Nazareth, he chose the Messianic text of the Book of the
1105 | might
1106 V, 1 | simple life as befits their milieu".189 While respecting the
1107 III, 0 | risks of false irenicism or militant fundamentalism, and to raising
1108 VI, 2 | include songs and music, mimes and the theatre, proverbs
1109 II, 1 | described above can in no way be minimized, it is worth recalling here
1110 Intro, 0 | Christianity's beginning the minister of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia,
1111 I, 0 | the house of Cornelius the miracle of Pentecost was in a sense
1112 II, 1 | is abject poverty, tragic mismanagement of available scarce resources,
1113 V, 1 | Encyclical Letter Redemptoris Missio.171 Lay people are to be
1114 V, 1 | of the Church as Family, mixed groups for consultation
1115 I, 0 | suitable planning and the mobilization of resources.26~The Synod'
1116 V, 0 | following artistically worthy models, can be changed in the light
1117 IV, 2 | adopting the positive values of modernity, the African family must
1118 Intro, 0 | Africa experienced true moments of grace. Indeed, the idea
1119 II, 1 | the first founders of the monastic life, which later spread
1120 VI, 1 | appeal to "the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
1121 II, 1 | Perpetua and Felicitas, Saint Monica and Saint Thecla are particularly
1122 III, 0 | becoming the "sponsa ornata monilibus suis", "the bride who adorns
1123 Intro, 0 | those who profess the great monotheistic religions, in particular
1124 I, 0 | animated by a profound sense of morality.29~
1125 I, 0 | Like Mary Magdalene on the morning of the Resurrection, like
1126 | mostly
1127 II, 1 | Church bears witness ... The motivating concern for the poor — who
1128 III, 0 | and the force of higher motivation".133~
1129 III, 0 | by suffering: persons in mourning, paralytics, lepers, the
1130 I, 0 | in a striking and deeply moving way. This universality, "
1131 II, 1 | Benin, São Tomé, Angola, Mozambique and Madagascar.~On Pentecost
1132 II, 2 | Church holds that these multitudes have the right to know the
1133 VI, 2 | forms include songs and music, mimes and the theatre,
1134 III, 0 | the blind, the deaf, the mute (cf. Mt 8:17)".118 "It is
1135 V, 1 | some points in the document Mutuae Relationes,187 in order
1136 IV, 1 | reconciliation. Forgiven and mutually reconciled, these sons and
1137 III, 0 | Sacred Scripture such as the Mystical Body, People of God, Temple
1138 Conclu, 0| of Christ, pierced by the nails of the Crucifixion. The
1139 VII, 0 | not for any limited and narrow mission but for the widest
1140 VII, 0 | to overcome cultural and nationalistic barriers, avoiding all isolationism".
1141 VII, 0 | distinctions of race and nationality.~In view of the specific
1142 Intro, 0 | First of all my thoughts naturally turn to the Africans themselves
1143 Conclu, 0| the Third Millennium draws near, to her I entrust Africa
1144 I, 0 | taken place in the course of nearly thirty years — General Assemblies
1145 VII, 0 | behalf of the poor and the neediest. In so doing she never loses
1146 II, 1 | fidei donum priests in other needy Dioceses — in their own
1147 III, 0 | and combat every kind of neglect. He came to liberate humanity;
1148 V, 2 | Catholic schools, without neglecting "the Christian education
1149 VI, 1 | front line of the search for negotiated solutions to the armed conflicts
1150 VI, 1 | causes such as "tribalism, nepotism, racism, religious intolerance
1151 Intro, 0 | the deep and to cast their nets for the catch (cf. Lk 5:
1152 II, 1 | the steady increase in the network of catechists, whose contribution
1153 | Nevertheless
1154 IV, 1 | Christ. As Jesus says to Nicodemus: ?Truly, truly, I say to
1155 I, 0 | of SECAM held in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1987, had already considered
1156 Conclu, 0| by the angel on Christmas night is truly for all the people (
1157 | ninety
1158 I, 0 | of the Lineamenta at the Ninth Plenary Assembly of SECAM
1159 II, 1 | of its authenticity and nobility, its mark as ?apostolic'.
1160 III, 0 | in sub-human social, eco- nomic, cultural and political
1161 V, 2 | Christian education of pupils in non-Catholic schools. For university
1162 II, 2 | respects and esteems the non-Christian religions professed by very
1163 II, 2 | Church to withhold from these non-Christians the proclamation of Jesus
1164 II, 2 | by centres mostly in the northern hemisphere, do not always
1165 II, 1 | confirmed by facts such as the noteworthy and rapid increase in the
1166 II, 1 | unity".48~After correctly noting that Africa is a huge Continent
1167 V, 0 | in word and deed, a life nourished in the Church by the reception
1168 IV, 2 | it is its foundation and nourishes it continually through its
1169 I, 0 | stated: "It is often said nowadays that the present century
1170 II, 1 | seventeenth century, in Nubia. At that time a new phase
1171 V, 1 | called upon to be a powerful nucleus of Christian witness in
1172 II, 1 | great King of the Congo, Nzinga-a-Nkuwu, to ask for missionaries
1173 Conclu, 0| session of the Synod in Rome:~O Mary, Mother of God~and
1174 III, 0 | himself the subject and object of this Word. The Good News
1175 VI, 0 | the rights and define the obligations of the citizens.216 I must
1176 Intro, 0 | the Lord, teaching them to observe all that he has commanded (
1177 VII, 0 | that such divisions are now obsolete, having been abolished by
1178 V, 1 | pastor the Church which God obtained with the Blood of his own
1179 V, 1 | Similarly, Christians who occupy positions of responsibility
1180 I, 0 | at the end of the Easter Octave. The Synod Fathers, assembled
1181 | off
1182 VI, 1 | Church, as expressed in many official documents and interventions
1183 V, 1 | living it faithfully, rec- ognizing "this surpassing gift which
1184 VI, 0 | The obligation to commit oneself to the development of peoples
1185 I, 0 | that the Fathers solemnly opened the discussion of the Synod'
1186 V, 0 | challenges mentioned show how opportune the Special Assembly for
1187 Intro, 0 | onwards, offered valuable opportunities for the Church in Africa
1188 II, 2 | ethnocentricity and tribal opposition figure among the fundamental
1189 II, 2 | mutual hostility. "Tribal oppositions at times endanger if not
1190 I, 0 | faced the many evils which oppress Africa today. The Fathers
1191 III, 0 | saves the African ... from oppression and slavery".81~Evangelization
1192 VI, 0 | under authoritarian and oppressive regimes which deny their
1193 II, 1 | where lie the hope and optimism which the Gospel brings?
1194 II, 1 | witness. The preferential option for the poor is "a special
1195 III, 0 | critical mind.~In Africa, where oral transmission is one of the
1196 V, 1 | permanent diaconate "as an ordained ministry and also as an
1197 VII, 0 | contribute to the better ordering of human society, it is
1198 VII, 0 | priests received at their Ordination prepares them not for any
1199 VII, 0 | update pastoral techniques, organize and coordinate ecclesial
1200 II, 1 | for the purpose of better organizing and expanding the missions.~
1201 IV, 2 | individual household: it is oriented towards society. "The family
1202 II, 1 | writers come to mind, men like Origen, Saint Athanasius, and Saint
1203 IV, 2 | his Body. He reveals the original truth of marriage, the truth
1204 III, 0 | cultures, becoming the "sponsa ornata monilibus suis", "the bride
1205 | Otherwise
1206 | ours
1207 III, 0 | menaced on all sides by outbreaks of hatred and violence,
1208 II, 1 | word of God; consider the outcome of their life; and imitate
1209 VII, 0 | universal and missionary outlook. They are the means for
1210 VII, 0 | the Special Assembly the overriding concern was to bear witness
1211 II, 2 | competent directors and to oversee the quality of the formation
1212 III, 0 | ought to bring about this overwhelming and exhilarating experience
1213 II, 1 | desert, Paul, Anthony, and Pachomius, the first founders of the
1214 VI, 1 | Continent. This mission of pacification must continue, encouraged
1215 VI, 2 | exist in Africa, such as the Pan African Episcopal Committee
1216 III, 0 | suffering: persons in mourning, paralytics, lepers, the blind, the
1217 III, 0 | especially through full or partial translations of the Bible,
1218 I, 0 | perceive that God shows no partiality, but in every nation any
1219 I, 0 | Africa, together with all the participants in this holy Synod, united
1220 II, 1 | inhabitants of the places who participated directly in the birth of
1221 VI, 0 | the sign of a Church which participates in the promotion of the
1222 VI, 0 | and the proper manner of participating in political life, in order
1223 III, 0 | ethnocentrism and excessive particularism, trying instead to encourage
1224 I, 0 | truly felicitous and did not pass unnoticed by the universal
1225 IV, 1 | with technical expertise in passing on more clearly the content
1226 III, 0 | season ... unfailing in patience and in teaching" (2 Tim
1227 II, 1 | the Church will continue patiently and tirelessly its work
1228 I, 0 | And as Saint John at Patmos during particularly difficult
1229 Intro, 0 | thirty-five Cardinals, one Patriarch, thirty-nine Archbishops,
1230 II, 1 | the Greek Church of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, the Coptic
1231 V, 1 | the evangelizers of their peers. No one can do this better
1232 I, 0 | family, reconciliation and penance in the life of the Church
1233 V, 0 | through which the faith penetrates the life of individuals
1234 I, 0 | Peter then said: "Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality,
1235 II, 1 | fundamental importance is the high percentage of indigenous Bishops who
1236 IV, 2 | his or her own mission in perfect harmony with the other members
1237 IV, 1 | truths of faith, nor can they perform actions which they have
1238 II, 1 | effort alone could have performed this work in the course
1239 | perhaps
1240 I, 0 | some important journals and periodicals, individual Bishops and
1241 II, 1 | themselves available, for limited periods, as fidei donum priests
1242 IV, 1 | work must be seen not as peripheral but as central to the Christian
1243 II, 1 | Predecessor Pope Gregory XV permanently erected the Congregation
1244 III, 0 | to allow themselves to be permeated by this new civilization
1245 VI, 0 | dignity and rights are being perpetrated, I ask the Episcopal Conferences
1246 II, 1 | Christ. Among them Saints Perpetua and Felicitas, Saint Monica
1247 III, 0 | eternal glory",77 in order to perpetuate in time and space his victory
1248 IV, 2 | has the special mission of perpetuating humanity, transcends the
1249 VI, 0 | Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,
1250 VI, 0 | services with the resulting persistence of endemic diseases, the
1251 Intro, 0 | welcoming, as I said, the petitions often expressed for some
1252 IV, 1 | challenges linked to the phenomena notably of family uprooting,
1253 III, 0 | each of his disciples (cf. Phil 2:6-9), sheds light on the
1254 VII, 0 | following words: "The prophetic phrase of Paul VI, ?You Africans
1255 I, 0 | Despite the mainly negative picture which today characterizes
1256 Conclu, 0| on the palms of Christ, pierced by the nails of the Crucifixion.
1257 V, 1 | built on the solid cultural pillars and noble values of the
1258 II, 1 | mouth of the Zaire River, at Pinda, beginning a genuine missionary
1259 VI, 0 | trafficking, the shameful and pitiable spectacle of refugees and
1260 Intro, 0 | the topic which had been placed before it: "The Church in
1261 I, 0 | process, "walking together", placing their individual talents
1262 VI, 0 | in foreign banks. This is plain theft, whatever the legal
1263 II, 1 | disposal, the Church in Africa plays a leading role in what touches
1264 VI, 1 | Fathers I feel the duty to plead their cause: it is urgently
1265 IV, 2 | safeguard the family. They pleaded: "Do not allow the African
1266 III, 0 | instituted the Eucharist, "the pledge of eternal glory",77 in
1267 VI, 0 | democracy, which respects pluralism, "is one of the principal
1268 VI, 0 | of the earth~108. In the pluralistic societies of our day, it
1269 V, 2 | will be able to offer to poorer Dioceses economic assistance
1270 II, 1 | also the saintly African Popes, Victor I, Melchiades and
1271 II, 1 | fourteen per cent of the population of Africa, Catholic health
1272 VI, 2 | particular I warn against the pornography and violence which are inundating
1273 VI, 2 | deplored "the very negative portrayal of the African in the media
1274 II, 1 | missionaries, many others came from Portugal and other European countries
1275 II, 1 | the African coast by the Portuguese was soon accompanied by
1276 III, 0 | evangelization, or when its practice poses serious pastoral problems,
1277 V, 1 | Similarly, Christians who occupy positions of responsibility are to
1278 VI, 0 | providential occasion to evaluate positively the place and role of Africa
1279 I, 0 | her mission. She "does not possess them of herself; it is Christ
1280 IV, 1 | who allows himself to be possessed and led by him".148 "Techniques
1281 V, 2 | Dioceses are often far from possessing them in sufficient measure.
1282 VI, 0 | care the procedures, the possessions and the life style of the
1283 III, 0 | the maximum the numerous possibilities which the Church's present
1284 Conclu, 0| At the conclusion of this PostSynodal Apostolic Exhortation in
1285 V, 1 | Family cannot reach her full potential as Church unless she is
1286 I, 0 | the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
1287 V, 2 | it they can express and practise the initiatives which faith
1288 III, 0 | will".107 Dialogue is to be practised first of all within the
1289 VII, 0 | ready to respond to it by practising the virtue of solidarity.
1290 I, 0 | for which we must give praise and thanks to the Almighty
1291 I, 0 | the Church, and fervently praying together for the Synod's
1292 Conclu, 0| you and with you fervently prays:~May the outpouring of the
1293 VII, 0 | apostolic solidarity in a pre-eminent way through the Synod of
1294 VI, 1 | if in exile, they live a precarious existence as economic refugees.
1295 II, 1 | to bear this witness. The preferential option for the poor is "
1296 III, 0 | practice, and without any prejudice to the traditions proper
1297 VI, 2 | the beautiful. Echoing the preoccupation of the Synod Fathers I express
1298 VII, 0 | received at their Ordination prepares them not for any limited
1299 I, 0 | 24. The presentation of the Lineamenta at the
1300 III, 0 | known, loved, pondered and preserved in the hearts of the faithful (
1301 VII, 0 | Bishops: "By respecting, preserving and fostering the particular
1302 I, 0 | Chair of Peter. This Chair presides over the whole assembly
1303 V, 2 | 203 These contributions presuppose the human, cultural and
1304 III, 0 | the Church".102~All this presupposes a profound study of the
1305 IV, 1 | count and the law of force prevails, the law which fatally distances
1306 VI, 1 | better — and also easier — to prevent wars than to try to stop
1307 IV, 2 | Fathers, accepting my concerns previously expressed to the Conference
1308 III, 0 | peoples".131 Only at this price is peace established between
1309 V, 1 | deeply convinced that for the priest celibacy is inseparable
1310 VII, 0 | to promote the renewal of priestly formation. The words of
1311 V, 1 | communities as follows: primarily they should be places engaged
1312 V, 1 | seeking new vocations without prior dialogue with the local
1313 I, 0 | recited both publicly and privately in every African parish
1314 VI, 0 | to examine with care the procedures, the possessions and the
1315 I, 0 | very credibility of the proclaimers of this message. The Synod
1316 IV, 1 | Gospel is never an internal product of a particular country
1317 II, 2 | non-Christian religions professed by very many Africans, for
1318 VI, 2 | in other areas, such as professional training, structures of
1319 VI, 0 | saintly Heads of State, who profoundly love their own people and
1320 II, 1 | even when the so-called ?progressive civilizations' would like
1321 Intro, 0 | result of an intense and prolonged collegial endeavour.~But
1322 V, 2 | Institutes in Africa have a prominent role to play in the proclamation
1323 I, 0 | Assembly always figured prominently in my meetings with the
1324 I, 0 | of the activities being promoted in preparation for that
1325 II, 1 | played over the years as a promoter of peace and reconciliation
1326 II, 1 | by the great apostles and promoters of the African mission.
1327 VII, 0 | earnestly recommend that their promotional work be increasingly directed
1328 VI, 0 | some of the areas where prompt interventions are necessary
1329 II, 1 | the rule of law would be promptly removed through the concerted
1330 Intro, 0 | Assembly for Africa, I am promulgating the text of this Post-Synodal
1331 III, 0 | Christ is the unmistakable proof of God's love for humanity (
1332 II, 1 | erected the Congregation de Propaganda Fide for the purpose of
1333 VI, 2 | necessary to ensure that they propagate the good, the true and the
1334 I, 0 | difficult times received prophecies of hope for the People of
1335 IV, 2 | memorial, actuation and prophecy".163~Marriage is therefore
1336 III, 0 | old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days
1337 Intro, 0 | the challenges and future prospects of evangelization in Africa
1338 I, 0 | assembly of charity and protects legitimate differences,
1339 IV, 2 | time in Africa, is the "prototype and example for all Christian
1340 VI, 2 | mimes and the theatre, proverbs and fables. As vehicles
1341 III, 0 | who is Eternal, Creator, Provident and Just Judge, values which
1342 III, 0 | Church's present discipline provides in this matter".98~
1343 II, 1 | countries or abroad. The African provinces of Religious Institutes
1344 VI, 0 | Such political injustices provoke tensions which often degenerate
1345 V, 1 | Religious Institutes, great prudence and enlightened discernment
1346 III, 0 | traditional religion, a serene and prudent dialogue will be able, on
1347 VI, 1 | ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks (cf. Is 2:4).~
1348 IV, 1 | schemes on a sociological or psychological basis are quickly seen to
1349 I, 0 | can be said that with the publication of the Lineamenta preparations
1350 I, 0 | Arabic, Malagasy, etc. "Publications, conferences and symposia
1351 V, 2 | by publishing books and publicizing Catholic truth, by undertaking
1352 I, 0 | Likewise, when the time came to publish the Lineamenta, I invited
1353 V, 2 | liturgical celebration, by publishing books and publicizing Catholic
1354 V, 2 | the Christian education of pupils in non-Catholic schools.
1355 II, 1 | also the need for rites of purification and expiation.~
1356 V, 0 | inculturation wisely carried out purifies and elevates the cultures
1357 III, 0 | authentic human values, purifying them from sin and restoring
1358 V, 2 | requested that this thrust be pursued and developed among all
1359 III, 0 | Vatican Council says so well: "Pursuing the saving purpose which
1360 II, 2 | not peace, at least the pursuit of the common good of the
1361 III, 0 | sends out evangelizers. She puts on their lips the saving
1362 VII, 0 | Putting solidarity into practice~
1363 Intro, 0 | Synod Fathers, assisted by qualifed representatives of the clergy,
1364 V, 2 | its own needs.206 Besides qualified personnel, evangelization
1365 II, 2 | directors and to oversee the quality of the formation offered.
1366 Intro, 0 | the minister of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia, rejoiced at
1367 Conclu, 0| from the answers to the questionnaire attached to the outline
1368 IV, 1 | basis are quickly seen to be quite valueless".149~Genuine witness
1369 II, 2 | the grip of famine, war, racial and tribal tensions, political
1370 VI, 1 | as "tribalism, nepotism, racism, religious intolerance and
1371 IV, 1 | everyone. Wars, conflicts and racist and xenophobic attitudes
1372 VII, 0 | the first Christians and radiate enthusiasm and courage.
1373 VI, 2 | training, structures of radio and television production,
1374 III, 0 | delicate task, since it raises the question of the Church'
1375 I, 0 | practical matters. Its true raison d'être is the fact that
1376 III, 0 | effectively assisted by "the ranks of men and women catechists,
1377 I, 0 | Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all" (1 Tim 2:4-6).
1378 Intro, 0 | present century which is now rapidly approaching the Third Millennium.
1379 II, 1 | in 1985, Blessed Victoria Rasoamanarivo of Madagascar, and Blessed
1380 VI, 1 | The ideal solution is the re-establishment of a just peace, reconciliation
1381 VII, 0 | of God in the world and re-live in your own countries the
1382 II, 1 | Africa? "Other causes are reaching their final stages. The
1383 III, 0 | communication but also for the reader, the listener and the viewer.
1384 I, 0 | Africa. One of the Scriptural readings, taken from the Acts of
1385 I, 0 | and understood".25 After reaffirming this truth, the Special
1386 Intro, 0 | subjected to a detailed and realistic study the lights and shadows,
1387 VII, 0 | transcendent and of those spiritual realities which are the first fruits
1388 IV, 1 | she must believe, to her reasons for hoping, to the new commandment
1389 VI, 0 | by corruption. A serious reawakening of conscience linked to
1390 IV, 1 | which signifies and effects rebirth from the Spirit, establishes
1391 V, 1 | in living it faithfully, rec- ognizing "this surpassing
1392 III, 0 | Proclamation~57. "The Synod recalls that to evangelize is to
1393 I, 0 | this Trinitarian unity, receives the fullness of honour and
1394 VII, 0 | for a long time are now "receiving more and more candidates
1395 Intro, 0 | Recipients of the Exhortation~7. In
1396 III, 0 | well as against the lack of reciprocity in matters of religious
1397 I, 0 | and requested that it be recited both publicly and privately
1398 III, 0 | Leo the Great: "Christian, recognize your dignity"?125~To proclaim
1399 VI, 0 | witness to justice, she recognizes that whoever dares to speak
1400 VII, 0 | younger Churches. I earnestly recommend that their promotional work
1401 VI, 0 | young political entities. To reconcile profound differences, overcome
1402 II, 1 | and of women, have also recorded a growth in membership.
1403 II, 1 | They need to be helped to recoup their energies so as to
1404 III, 0 | release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to
1405 IV, 1 | open their doors to the Redeemer.~
1406 I, 0 | Paschal Mystery".35 God's redeeming love embraces the whole
1407 I, 0 | manifested above all in the Redemptive Incarnation of the Son of
1408 V, 1 | and the Encyclical Letter Redemptoris Missio.171 Lay people are
1409 II, 1 | an injured person has to rediscover all the resources of his
1410 VI, 0 | these activities help to reduce ignorance, improve public
1411 I, 0 | proclaim".27~That is why, with reference to the Church's evangelizing
1412 III, 0 | but in some way casts the reflected light of that life over
1413 VII, 0 | to the ends of the earth" reflects the desire to implement,
1414 II, 1 | attains a series of necessary reforms".52~
1415 Conclu, 0| was there that he sought refuge from Herod's cruelty",270
1416 Intro, 0 | great choices to be made regarding the Continent's future.
1417 VII, 0 | Church, every nation, every region, and in the entire African
1418 VI, 2 | in many places government regulations impose undue control on
1419 II, 1 | The Synod Fathers strongly reiterated their homage to the missionaries
1420 V, 0 | which it is proclaimed, rejecting whatever is marked by sin.
1421 V, 1 | points in the document Mutuae Relationes,187 in order to define better
1422 II, 1 | keep elderly parents and relatives within the family.~African
1423 III, 0 | has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering
1424 III, 0 | considers himself as sent to relieve human misery and combat
1425 IV, 2 | therefore the permanent reminder to the Church of what happened
1426 III, 0 | Resurrection, he brought about the remission of our sins and our reconciliation
1427 VI, 2 | effort should be made to remove these obstacles. The media,
1428 II, 1 | of law would be promptly removed through the concerted action
1429 VI, 0 | a lay person is able to render the Church present".212~
1430 III, 0 | concluded their work by renewing their commitment to accept
1431 Intro, 0 | commemoration on which the Church renews her awareness of the universality
1432 Intro, 0 | priests, theologians and rep- resentatives of the laity, "
1433 I, 0 | Pentecost was in a sense repeated. Peter then said: "Truly
1434 VI, 1 | them" (Gen 1:27).~I have repeatedly affirmed the fundamental
1435 IV, 1 | advanced ones could not replace the gentle action of the
1436 I, 0 | This Commission was then replaced by the Council of the General
1437 I, 0 | also wish to go away?", replied: "Lord, to whom shall we
1438 IV, 1 | love that the disciple must reproduce in his own life: "By this
1439 Intro, 0 | priests, theologians and rep- resentatives of the laity, "in order
1440 VI, 1 | silence suffer as innocent and resigned victims all these situations
1441 II, 1 | and that all obstacles and resistance to the establishment of
1442 IV, 2 | seemed to wish to adopt resolutions contradicting many values
1443 III, 0 | to Christ with confident resolve.~
1444 II, 3 | mentioned? "The most important [resource], after the grace of Christ,
1445 VI, 0 | concerned, justice is not always respected with regard to those men
1446 II, 1 | demonstrate.40 Africa has responded with great generosity to
1447 I, 0 | I must now add that the response of the African peoples to
1448 II, 2 | order to provide adequate responses to these questions the Bishops,
1449 III, 0 | communication. He came to restore on the one hand communication
1450 III, 0 | contained in the simple and restricted dimension of economics,
1451 VI, 0 | social services with the resulting persistence of endemic diseases,
1452 VII, 0 | waiting for Christ's final return "can never be an excuse
1453 VI, 0 | having these embezzled funds returned. In the granting of loans,
1454 III, 0 | living and active, and never returns to him in vain (cf. Is 55:
1455 I, 0 | the abode of the dead' (Rev 1:17-18) ... And as Saint
1456 IV, 2 | himself as his Body. He reveals the original truth of marriage,
1457 II, 1 | contribute to an effective reversal of the Continent's dramatic
1458 V, 1 | of the Synod Fathers to revise, if necessary, some points
1459 VI, 2 | should be encouraged and revitalized. As the Synod suggested,
1460 II, 1 | facilitate that worldwide revival on which the desired development
1461 VI, 2 | with sister Churches in the richer and technologically more
1462 III, 0 | to appreciate in all its richness and depth the statement
1463 VI, 1 | enthusiasm for a present riddled with frustrations and they
1464 IV, 2 | the African family to be ridiculed on its own soil! Do not
1465 VI, 0 | those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the
1466 I, 0 | Churches of Africa hold a rightful place in the communion of
1467 III, 0 | cannot remain silent, at the risk of failing in her mission,
1468 III, 0 | a dialogue free from the risks of false irenicism or militant
1469 II, 1 | into the mouth of the Zaire River, at Pinda, beginning a genuine
1470 II, 1 | were, on the edge of the road, sick, injured, disabled,
1471 II, 1 | to Jericho; he fell among robbers who stripped him, beat him
1472 I, 0 | of Cyrene, forced by the Roman soldiers to help the Lord
1473 VI, 1 | so serious as to leave no room for attitudes of indifference
1474 III, 0 | to the nations, must take root in the life-situation of
1475 III, 0 | proclaim the hope of life rooted in the Paschal Mystery.
1476 III, 0 | particular Churches, for a firm rooting of the Gospel in Africa.
1477 Conclu, 0| humble. Whenever we say the Rosary, the joyful mysteries thus
1478 VI, 0 | is one of the principal routes along which the Church travels
1479 II, 2 | communications which, being run by centres mostly in the
1480 VI, 1 | tend to flee the neglected rural areas and gather in cities
1481 II, 1 | solutions, the Synodal Assembly sadly had to say: "One common
1482 VI, 0 | 216 I must note with great sadness that many African nations
1483 IV, 2 | every effort to foster the safeguarding of these rights.~
1484 II, 1 | beginning a genuine missionary saga. It was the Holy Spirit,
1485 II, 1 | missionaries, who in 1491 sailed into the mouth of the Zaire
1486 VI, 0 | persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom
1487 II, 1 | known by the name of Abba Salama, who was consecrated Bishop
1488 VI, 1 | subject. Having said that "the sale of arms is a scandal since
1489 II, 1 | of education are univer- sally acknowledged.~Although Catholics
1490 II, 1 | tirelessly its work as a Good Samaritan. Indeed, for a long period
1491 V, 0 | Saint Paul addresses "those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called
1492 V, 1 | responsibilities of teaching, sanctifying and governing. Moreover
1493 IV, 2 | new and eternal Covenant sanctioned in the Blood of Christ".
1494 II, 1 | regions of present-day Benin, São Tomé, Angola, Mozambique
1495 II, 1 | this regard I note with satisfaction that the Church in Africa,
1496 III, 0 | the Good News, is God who saves the African ... from oppression
1497 IV, 2 | and gives himself as the Saviour of humanity, uniting it
1498 II, 1 | centuries of Christianity saw the evangelization of Egypt
1499 IV, 1 | the most highly developed schemes on a sociological or psychological
1500 VI, 1 | urgently ask the world's scientists and political leaders, moved
1501 VII, 0 | mission but for the widest scope of the universal mission ?
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