Just like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, itâ??s easier to sort through items in the news when you know what the big picture is supposed to look like. Itâ??s already clear that one of the Catholic megatrends of our time is the coming of age of the Church in Africa, which gives three recent storylines special importance.
In late February, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), the continent-wide assembly of African bishops, announced the appointment of a liaison with the African Union as a first step towards permanent observer status. The mission is to promote development on the continent on the basis of two documents: the African Unionâ??s â??Agenda 2063,â? and Africae Munus, or â??The Pledge for Africa,â? the concluding document of a 2009 Synod of Bishops for Africa held in the Vatican.
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