Kinshasa, 01 September, 2025 / 11:40 pm (ACI Africa).
Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has called for spiritual renewal in a spirit of discernment as his Metropolitan See opens its second Archdiocesan Pastoral Week.
In his homily on Monday, September 1, the first day of the weeklong gathering that has brought together Bishops, Clergy, women and men Religious, and the Laity to reflect on the theme, “Missionary Action in the light of the Gospel”, Cardinal Ambongo underscored the importance of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Week.
“This Pastoral Week is neither a technical seminar nor a simple planning workshop. It is rather a time of grace, a retreat in the Church, a process of synodal conversion and community discernment,” the Congolese Cardinal said at the start of the event taking pace at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Nganda.
He added, “It is together in mutual listening and under the action of the Spirit that we will seek to evolve, to evaluate our practices, to read the signs of time and to formulate courageous, prophetic and hopeful plans.”
“Rejuvenated by the Spirit, we will be called to return to our Parishes, to our communities, to our families, to our pastoral realities as witnesses of an embodied hope attentive to the most fragile and faithful to the charity of Christ,” the Cardinal said.
