AFRICA - African Bishops: Mercy and family love for the fight against AIDS

Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the Papal declaration of the Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy, we wish to intensify the promotion of compassion in our responses to the challenges of HIV and AIDS in local parishes and Catholic-inspired organisations", said the Pastoral statement, sent to Agenzia Fides, of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM/SCEAM), published on the occasion of the recent World Aids Day.
In joining the theme of the Day ("Zero new HIV infections. Zero deaths from AIDS-related illness. Zero discrimination"), the African bishops said that "this year this celebration falls within the year that SECAM has declared as the “African Year of Reconciliation” (29 July 2015 - 29 July 2016). A little after the World Aids Day, the Universal Church will start to celebrate the Year of Mercy starting on 8th December 2015".
According to the African Bishops, mercy is the key to get closer to people living with AIDS/HIV. Mercy that must be lived first of all in families, who must be able to overcome the shame to discover that one of their members has been infected with HIV. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 07/12/2015)

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