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The third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete (be joyful). The Church recommends the liturgical color pink. It is a kind of pause in the wait to celebrate already the joy of the one coming.

A year after his departure from Bangui, Monsignor Libère Pwongo, taking advantage of the diocesan pilgrimage of Ngoukomba, returns to the traces of his history to give thanks to God. It is since yesterday Tuesday December 3, 2024 that he has been staying in Bangui. On this day, December 4, 2024, he was welcomed at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Bangui, with other pilgrims, during the sending mass on pilgrimage that His Eminence Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga celebrated.

At 6:00 a.m., Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, left the city of Bangui in his pastoral car for a pastoral visit to the city of Ndjoh, more than 200 km from the city of Bangui. Accompanied by the secretariat, media and protocol teams, the cars drove along the Boali road, making the first stop at around 8:00 a.m. at the Saint François de Sales parish in Bossembele.

During his pastoral visit to the parish of the Holy Trinity of Boyali on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui gave the go-ahead for the jubilee activities of the said parish. Apart from his teachings and his exchanges with the faithful, the Cardinal amazed the young people with his dexterity in the game of football before the start of the organized match.

Approaching the consecrating bishop, Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, tells us the following: the Church of God in Kaga-Bandoro is clothed in a synodal spirit. It has welcomed its new pastor with eagerness. It has not judged the origin of its bishop but is one with him in Christ Jesus. This is an example to follow for those who think that the particular Church is a matter for people from the same area.

For this pastoral year 2024-2025, the first conference will be offered this Thursday, November 28, 2024 under the theme: On the way to the 130 of evangelization in Central Africa. Do not miss especially the themes that will be presented later such as: The importance of having a healthy lifestyle and the dangers of self-medication; How to avoid the failure of a schooled child?; Sacrament of Confirmation and irregular situations;... For this, we will have qualified speakers such as Monsignor Mathieu Bondobo, Father Célestin Doayari, Father Xavier Fagba, Doctor Alice Kouda, Professor Michel Kpatamango,...

From Monday 11 at 9:00 a.m. to Tuesday 12 November 2024 at 12:00 p.m., the priests of the diocese of Elobowa met in recollection under the direction of their bishop His Excellency Monsignor Philippe Alain Mbarga. The activities related to this meeting were more spiritual but also intellectual. It is through pastoral areas that the masses, adoration, the prayers of the Present Time and the rosary.

By its letter of August 26, 2024, the Apostolic Nunciature in the Central African Republic had informed, after its private audience with the President of the Republic, HE Prof. Archange Touadera, of August 23, 2024, the Fidei donum priests, the nuns and the foreign religious practicing in the CAR that the questions related to Visas and Residence Cards are available by the will of the President of the Republic who wants to see the application and respect of the Framework Agreement between the Holy See and the CAR.

On Sunday morning, amidst flowers crossing all the buildings from the bishopric to the Sainte Jeanne D'Arc Cathedral, the priests and liturgical actors were lined up devoutly to walk towards the altar under the songs of the choir and the ovations of the faithful. HE Mgr Jésus Ruiz MOLINA, Bishop of the diocese of M'baiki did not hesitate to express his joy in welcoming these new deacons.

This small seminary is located in the territory of KABARE, more than 40 km from the city of Bukavu in the DRC. It was officially established on October 30, 1924 with 90 students enrolled. The team of first trainers was composed of Father Michel DESPLENTER (professor and bursar) and Father Stefano KAOZE (professor) who is also the first Congolese priest in the DRC.

After a press release launched last month on his meeting with all the parish players of musical instruments and the choir leaders of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa, Father Cola Lubamba, diocesan president of the Liturgical Subcommittee on Sacred Music, spoke with those concerned in the Kin-East Apostolic Region this Sunday, November 3, 2024 at the Sainte Famille parish. It is in his concern to improve and implement the recommendations of His Eminence Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo during the opening of the pastoral year 2024-2025 concerning the performance of choirs and more particularly the use of musical instruments during Eucharistic celebrations.

From the official program published by Father Capistran Yawili, from November 26 to December 4, 2024 (official date of sending on pilgrimage by Cardinal Nzapalainga to the Cathedral), a novena to the Immaculate Conception is organized in the parishes followed by individual confession; the following two days, December 5 and 6, 2024, are loaded with masses, confessions, ecumenical concerts, spiritual teachings and prayers led by the different movements,…