Pontifical Charity Pledges to Support Formators at Liberia’s Only Major Seminary

“The quality of the formators in devoting their time and expertise to the spiritual and human growth of their seminarians, is an absolute precondition for the formation of good Catholic Priests who are vital for the nation,” ACN leadership says in the June 15 report.

Good Priests in the West African nation would have the ability to help Liberians find "true inner peace again, through faith in God and the Good News of Jesus Christ," ACN officials say, adding that good Priests help in contributing towards peace and reconciliation in the "wounded land."

Liberia experienced one of the deadliest civil wars in Africa from 1989 to 2003. 

In the June 15 report, the Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia (CABICOL), Fr. Dennis Nimene, says the people of God in the country are yet to recover from the violence. 

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“Even worse than the infrastructure was the destruction of our souls,” Fr. Nimene says in reference to the civil war.. 

In the report, ACN leadership says that the nation is also in need of Priests who will help the Catholic faithful "to deepen their faith and so avoid sliding into superstitious practices." 

42.5 percent of Liberians practice Christianity, Catholicism being the second most followed Christian faith.

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.