ELEVENTH GENERAL CONGREGATION
Monday morning, Oct. 12, 2009
The Eleventh General Congregation took place this morning in the presence of the Holy Father, with more interventions by the Synod Fathers in the Hall.
Presiding was Cardinal Théodore-Adrien SARR, Archbishop of Dakar (SENEGAL).
During the pause at 10:30 a.m., the Holy Father Benedict XVI received the French Working Groups C and D in audience.
The following Fathers intervened:
- Mons. George Cosmas Zumaire LUNGU, Bishop of Chipata, President of the Episcopal Conference (ZAMBIA)
- Cardinal Wilfrid Fox NAPIER, O.F.M., Archbishop of Durban (SOUTH AFRICA)
- Mons. Jean-Pierre TAFUNGA, S.D.B., Archbishop Coadjutor Lubumbashi (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)
- Mons. Louis NZALA KIANZA, Bishop of Popokabaka (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)
- Mons. Antonio Maria VEGLIÒ, President of the Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (VATICAN CITY)
- Mons. Luigi BRESSAN, Archbishop of Trento, President of the Episcopal Commision for the Evangelization of Peoples and Cooperation between the Churches of the Italian Episcopal Conference (ITALY)
- Card. John NJUE, Archbishop of Nairobi, President of the Episcopal Conference (KENYA)
- Mons. Gianfranco RAVASI, President of the Pontifical Council of Culture (VATICAN CITY)
- Mons. Joseph Edra UKPO, Archbishop of Calabar (NIGERIA)
- Mons. Gervais BANSHIMIYUBUSA, Bishop of Ngozi (BURUNDI)
- Mons. Menghisteab TESFAMARIAM, M.C.C.J., Eparch of Asmara (ERITREA)
- Mons. Martin Igwemezie UZOUKWU, Bishop of Minna (NIGERIA)
- Mons. Timothée MODIBO-NZOCKENA, Bishop of Franceville (GABON), President of the Episcopal Conference, President of the Association to the Episcopal Conference of Central Africa (A.C.E.R.A.C.)
- Mons. Augustine Obiora AKUBEZE, Bishop of Uromi (NIGERIA)
- Mons. Jaime Pedro GONÇALVES, Archbishop of Beira (MOZAMBIQUE)
- Mons. Théophile KABOY RUBONEKA, Bishop Coadjutor of Goma (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)
- Mons. Evariste NGOYAGOYE, Archbishop of Bujumbura, President of the Episcopal Conference (BURUNDI)
- Mons. Marcel Honorat Léon AGBOTON, Archbishop of Cotonou, Vice President of the Episcopal Conference (BENIN)
- Mons. Jean-Claude MAKAYA LOEMBA, Bishop of Pointe-Noire (REPUBLIC OF CONGO)
- Mons. George BIGUZZI, S.X., Bishop of Makeni, President of the Episcopal Conference (SIERRA LEONE)
- Mons. Egidio NKAIJANABWO, Bishop of Kasese (UGANDA)
Summaries of their interventions may be found on
www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_23_ii_speciale-africa-2009/02_inglese/b19...
The following auditors also intervened at this session:
- Rev. Sister Bernadette GUISSOU, S.I.C.O., Superior General of the Hearth of the Inmaculate Conception, Ouagadougou (BURKINA FASO)
- Mme. Marguerite BARANKITSE, Founder of Maison Shalom, Ruyigi (BURUNDI)
- Rev. F. Speratus KAMANZI, A.J., Superior General of the Apostles of Jesus, Nairobi (KENYA)
- Dr. Elard ALUMANDO, Country Director of the DREAM Program (MALAWI)
- Prof. Alöyse Raymond NDIAYE, President of the National Committee of the Order of the Knights of Malta in Senegal, Dakar (SENEGAL)
- Assandé Martial EBA, Member of the International Foundation Our Lady of Peace, Yamoussoukro (IVORY COAST)
- Bro. André SENE, O.H., Responsible of the Pastoral of the Health in the diocese of Thies (SENEGAL)
Auditors:
- Rev. Sister Bernadette GUISSOU, S.I.C.O., Superior General of the Hearth of the Inmaculate Conception, Ouagadougou (BURKINA FASO)
- Mrs. Marguerite BARANKITSE, Founder of Maison Shalom, Ruyigi (BURUNDI)
- Rev. F. Speratus KAMANZI, A.J., Superior General of the Apostles of Jesus, Nairobi (KENYA)
- Dr. Elard ALUMANDO, Country Director of the DREAM Program (MALAWI)
- Prof. Alöyse Raymond NDIAYE, President of the National Committee of the Order of the Knights of Malta in Senegal, Dakar (SENEGAL)
- Mr. Assandé Martial EBA, Member of the International Foundation Our Lady of Peace, Yamoussoukro (IVORY COAST)
- Bro. André SENE, O.H., Responsible of the Pastoral of the Health in the diocese of Thies (SENEGAL)
Summaries of their interventions are on
www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_23_ii_speciale-africa-2009/02_inglese/b20_02.html#ELEVENTH_GENERAL_CONGREGATION_(MONDAY,_12_OCTOBER_2009_-_AF...
TWELFTH GENERAL CONGREGATION
Monday afternoon, Oct. 12, 2009
At 16:30, with the prayer Pro felici Synodi, led by the Holy Father, the Twelfth General Congregation began, for the continuation of the interventions by the Synod Fathers.
Presiding was Cardinal Théodore-Adrien SARR, Archbishop of Dakar (SENEGAL).
The following Fathers intervened:
- Mons. Robert MUHIIRWA, Bishop of Fort Portal (UGANDA)
- Mons. Kyrillos WILLIAM, Bishop of Assiut of Copt Rite (EGYPT)
- Mons. Philippe RANAIVOMANANA, Bishop of Ihosy (MADAGASCAR)
- Mons. Laurent MONSENGWO PASINYA, Archbishop of Kinshasa (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)
- Mons. Raymond Leo BURKE, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature (VATICAN CITY)
- Mons. Tesfaselassie MEDHIN, Bishop of Adigrat (ETHIOPIA)
- Mons. Norbert Wendelin MTEGA, Archbishop of Songea (TANZANIA)
- Mons. Krikor-Okosdinos COUSSA, Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (EGYPT)
- Mons. Denis WIEHE, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port Victoria, President of the Episcopal Conference (C.E.D.O.I.) (SEYCHELLES)
- Mons. Ludwig SCHICK, Archbishop of Bamberg, President of the Commission "Weltkirche" of the German Episcopal Conference (GERMANY)
At 18:00, the assembly president gave the floor to specially invited guest Jacques DIOUF, Director-General of FAO.
The General Congregation ended at 19.00 with the Prayer Angelus Domini.
English summaries of the afternoon interventions, including Mr. Diouf's, may be found on
www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_23_ii_speciale-africa-2009/02_inglese/b21_02.html#INTERVENTION_OF_THE_SPECIALLY_INVITED_GUEST_DR._JACQUES_DIOUF,_DIRECTOR-GENERA...
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