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Church in Africa

Demography reigns down in Africa

Analysis: Church in Africa

Brendan Hodge
Dec 29, 2021
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An adoration chapel in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: JD Flynn/The Pillar.

For the first time in a generation, the Roman Curia is without any African cardinals in top leadership positions, after Pope Francis accepted this month the resignation of Cardinal Peter Turkson from the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. 

But Africa is growing in importa…

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