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The new book, “African Women Theologians & Synodality,” unveiled at the September 2-6 African Women Theologians Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, is a prophetic call for the Catholic Church on the continent to embrace inclusivity and justice.
Theology is still a hostile space for women in Africa who are denied opportunities to contribute to the daily life of the Church alongside their male counterparts, participants in the ongoing Second African Women Theologians Conference have said.
Participants in the Second African Women Theologians Conference 2025 who are gathering at Hekima University College (HUC) in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, have been challenged to transfer insights from the five-day convention into Church formation programs.
The appointment of Fr. Prof. Paul Béré of the Jesuit Province of West Africa (AOC) as Dean of the Faculty of Biblical Sciences (Biblicum) at the Rome-based Pontifical Gregorian University is “a moment of pride for the Church in Africa”, the President of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JCAM) has said.
Hekima University College (HUC), the 41-year-old Nairobi-based institution under the auspices of the Society of Jesus (SJ/Jesuits), has been instrumental in empowering the people of God with values that St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the global Society, espoused, Archbishop Philip Anyolo Subira has said.
The Chancellor of the Roman Curia, Ghanaian-born Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson, has addressed the evolving nature of power in ecclesial and societal contexts.