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Directing his meditation of this 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time B towards the good to be accomplished, His Excellency invited the assembly to lean towards the weak and the little ones. Inspired by the scriptures about the jubilee which consisted of granting certain graces such as the liberation of slaves, the return of seized goods, forgiveness.... the jubilee father lifted sanctions which weighed on the abbot deacon Guelord Kazeba on behalf of Molegbe and on the abbot Jean Alema of Lisala.

God placed us in this world so that we might experience his love. The sin that has taken up residence in the heart of man has not allowed him to flourish according to God's plan. This is how man has increased his suffering tenfold. God of infinite mercy has rescued him so that he may find the beatitude that bad shepherds cannot offer. This is the outline that I propose to you for this Sunday's meditation.

Born on September 5, 1950 in Faradje in the province of Haut Uele in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Monsignor Julien died on July 14, 2024. Fifth Diocesan Bishop of ISIRO-NIANGARA, his episcopal motto was: UT UNUM SINT taken from John 17, 21 which translates into French: So that they may be One. At the CENCO level, he was the oldest in age of all Diocesan Bishops (almost 74 years old). He led the diocese of ISIRO-NIANGARA for 21 years.

The mass presided over by Monsignor Timothée BODIKA, surrounded by several priests, had a special character. Because welcoming five deacons and five priests is a divine grace. During his sermon, the Bishop of Kikwit recalled the role of the deacon and the priest in the Church while inviting the faithful to live in the synodal spirit with their pastors. Everything ended in a fraternal atmosphere with blessings that these ordained offered to their family members and the faithful.

On Friday, July 5, 2024, all of Buta had the joy of welcoming His Eminence Fridolin Cardinal AMBONGO and His Excellency the Apostolic Nuncio, who came for the episcopal ordination of His Excellency Mgr Martin BANGA, new Bishop of Buta.

The Cantate Domino Jury is an initiative of Father Jean-Marie KONDE in 2016 in the Archdiocese of Kinshasa. Under the legal cover of his Peace on Earth Foundation, this jury is a para-pastoral activity to encourage choirs in decent competitions of emulation.

Eleven years later, the faithful of Yapele can beat their chests with pride for having completed this great project under the masterly hand of their current parish priest, Father Capistran. This is the reason that necessitated the trip of the Archbishop of Bangui, His Eminence Cardinal Nzapalainga, for the dedication of the new church.

In the Paul VI Hall on June 8, 2024, the fourth edition of parish and diocesan choirs, scholae cantorum, musical chapels, directors and musicians gathered to deepen together the meaning of music at the service of the liturgy. In his speech, the Holy Father praised the sign of spiritual and musical unity noted among the participants who came from different places. They numbered 7,000 choristers and musicians. The Holy Father exhorted them in three terms:

Since February 23, 2024, Father Aurelio has been appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Bangassou in the Central African Republic. It was on Sunday, June 9, 2024 that he was ordained bishop in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Bangui by Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui.

On Monday, June 10, 2024 in Gemena, the official handover of the keys to the multipurpose hall of the diocese of Molegbe in the parish of Notre Dame de Gemena took place.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! The Mass opens with this invocation that brings us without the slightest doubt into divine unity where the Father fills us with his love, the Son pours out his grace on us and the Spirit communicates us with the Father and the Son. There can be no celebration of the divine mystery without evoking the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Eucharist, as the greatest mystery of the Christian faith and the center of all the sacraments, bathes us from beginning to end in the communion of the divine Trinity: the conclusions of the Orations, the Gloria, the Credo, the Preface, the Eucharistic Prayer up to its great Doxology (Through Him with Him and in Him…), the final blessing. The readings of this Sunday bring us more light on this mystery.

It is a tradition in the Archdiocese of Bangui that brings together all regular and secular priests and deacons on Whit Monday with the invitation of the Archbishop. By a press release of May 14 from the Chancellery of the Archdiocese of Bangui, all priests were made aware of the said day and its program.