Leading cardinal explains steps that led to African statement against blessing same-sex couples
January 23, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besengu of Kinshasa (DR Congo), president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), discussed the steps that led to SECAM’s rejection of the blessing of same-sex couples in Africa.
Cardinal Ambongo discussed the steps prior to the publication of SECAM’s statement, including meetings with Pope Francis and Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
“With the prefect, myself in front of the computer, a secretary writing, we prepared a document,” Cardinal Ambongo said. “And we prepared the document in dialogue and agreement with Pope Francis.”
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