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Catholic synod: the voices of church leaders in Africa are not being heard – 3 reasons why

By Stan Chu Ilo, Research Professor, World Christianity and African Studies, DePaul University

The Catholic church today is deeply polarised. This has created doctrinal fissures that are seemingly unbridgeable.

There are many rumbling contestations on questions of identity, mission, faith and morality. Other questions touch on pastoral life, the nature of marriage and family life, denial of holy communion to divorced…

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