The African continent, with all its wounds, but especially its spiritual dynamism, eagerly awaits Benedict XVI. The upcoming trip to Cameroon and Angola from March 17th to 23rd is significant on numerous levels. The Pope will be following a path of hope clearly traced by John Paul II. In bridging the past and present pontificates, the Church reveals its desire to help this continent rise again.In September 1995, John Paul II officially presented the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Africa in the Cameroonian capital of Yaoundé. This document gathered the conclusions of the First Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, which took place in Rome in 1994.Fourteen years later an ...
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