Alongside different Christians and non-Catholics, a major variety of Africans joyfully welcomed Pope Leo XIV into the continent’s various spiritual communities, anticipating his go to within the close to future.
Africa’s Catholic neighborhood has embraced the election of Pope Leo XIV with excessive hopes and expectations for his go to to the continent, aiming to reinforce the financial, cultural, and ethical values of African life.
Alongside different Christians and non-Catholics, a major variety of Africans joyfully welcomed Pope Leo XIV into the continent’s various spiritual communities, anticipating his go to within the close to future.
Pope Leo XIV has made a number of visits to Africa and possesses a complete understanding of the continent, as reported by leaders inside the Catholic Church.
Tanzanian President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, together with numerous clerics, expressed her confidence in Pope Leo XIV’s management, highlighting his profound doctrinal grasp of the Catholic religion.
“Honest congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, on being elected because the Chief of the Catholic Church worldwide”, stated the Tanzanian president.
The President of Tanzania, together with different world leaders, has expressed his help for the newly elected Pope, who assumes management throughout a interval marked by important world and non secular challenges.
In Kenya, each Catholic and different spiritual communities expressed their pleasure upon studying of the Pope’s election, significantly as he had beforehand visited the nation in December of the earlier 12 months, the place he officiated the dedication of the Chapel of Our Girl of Good Counsel on the Augustinian Monastery in Karen, Nairobi.
The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Convention (SACBC) has prolonged its congratulations to Pope Leo XIV on his election because the 267th Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
In an illustration of unity and religion, the Southern African Bishops have conveyed their appreciation to the brand new Pope for accepting the numerous duty of guiding the Common Church.
The SACBC expressed its steadfast help and guaranteed Pope Leo XIV of its ongoing prayers. In West Africa, Catholics in Ivory Coast conveyed their satisfaction with the Pope and dedicated to praying for him.
Bishops within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) greeted the Pope with excessive hopes for his message of peace of their nation, which is at the moment dealing with a extreme battle with M23 rebels.
Msgr. Donatien Nshole, Secretary Basic of the Bishops’ Convention of the DR Congo, prolonged his congratulations on the election of Pope Leo XIV and emphasised that the Bishops in Congo anticipate his give attention to attaining lasting peace.
“We anticipate him to proceed talking the language of Pope Francis and to pay particular consideration to constructing lasting peace within the Democratic Republic of Congo”, Msgr Donatien Nshole stated by the Congo Bishops message.
Pope Francis visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from January 31 to February 3, 2023, adopted by a visit to South Sudan, as a part of his intensive journey throughout Africa.
The aim of this go to was to convey a message of peace and reconciliation within the DRC, a nation tormented by conflicts and wars, significantly in its japanese area.
In Madagascar, Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, the President of the Bishops Convention of Madagascar and Bishop of Morondava, highlighted that the preliminary phrases of Pope Leo XIV emphasised the significance of peace.
Regardless of Africa’s wealthy biodiversity, pure vacationer points of interest, various cultures, and favorable local weather for human well being, the continent stays underdeveloped by way of tourism in comparison with others.
Ongoing regional conflicts and civil wars have hindered efforts to attract extra vacationers, primarily from the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia, to this continent.
Heritage websites that embody the paths of early Christian missionaries, historic church buildings, and Catholic missions are important vacationer points of interest in Africa that require substantial promotion.
The African Tourism Board (ATB) is actively collaborating with important companions to determine a everlasting agenda for selling tourism in Africa, with the aim of positioning the continent as a distinguished world vacation spot for vacationers.
