African Synod: colonization of Africa?

The announcement by the Pope, on 6 January 1989, of a Synod for Africa, came as a complete surprise to most Africans, laymen as well as bishops. The papal Synod initiative had been preceded by an attempt in the 1970s and early 1980s on the part of Africans to prepare a Council on their continent. In...

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Main Author: Heijke, Johannes Petrus 1927-2009 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 1992
In: Exchange
Year: 1992, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 177-230
Further subjects:B Catholic
B Religious institution
B Africa
B Criticism
B Bishops' conference
B Religious leader
B Committee
B Africa Catholic church Bishops' conference Religiöses Ratsgremium Religiöses Oberhaupt Katholiken Criticism
B Catholic school