Please join Catholic Relief Services and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for an online Catholics Confront Global Poverty discussion on:

The Church in Africa: A Force for Peace
with

John Katunga - East Africa Regional Technical Advisor for Peacebuilding and Justice, Catholic Relief Services and liaison to the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in East Africa Advisory Council of the African Synod

Jean-Baptiste Talla - Central Africa Regional Technical Advisor for Peacebuilding and Justice, Catholic Relief Services and advisor to the Central Africa Episcopal Conference Advisory Council of the African Synod

Steve Hilbert - Africa and Global Development Policy Advisor, Office of International Justice and Peace, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Moderated by Paul Miller - Africa Team Leader and Policy Advisor, Catholic Relief Services

October 21, 2009
12:00-1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

RSVP here.

The Church teaches that reconciliation is needed to heal relationships broken by violent conflict. In many parts of the world it has answered the call for peace, reconciliation and forgiveness by working towards justice for oppressed people and by defending those who have suffered from violence. The Second African Synod with its theme, ‘The Church in Africa in Service to Reconciliation, Justice and Peace,’ will attempt to build on these peacebuilding activities so that the Church becomes a more potent force for peace in Africa.

Join this webcast to discuss:

• Current trends that are influencing peace in Africa;
• The role of the Church in Africa;
• The significance of this African Synod;
• The increasingly important role of the Church in peacebuilding; and
• How Catholics in the U.S. through the Catholics Confront Global Poverty initiative, can participate in resolving conflict and building peace in Africa and around the world.

Thirty minutes of this webcast will be reserved to take questions from the audience.

PREPARE FOR THE WEBCAST:

For questions please contact Brendan Cavanagh at bcavanag@crs.org or 443-955-7118.