The theme chosen for this third volume of the Utume Theological e-journal is “Synodality in the Life and Mission of the Church.” The Theological Forum Committee of our college proposed for us this theme for our study and reflection during the last academic year. This volume addresses the nuances of Synodality. Certainly, these well-written articles draw up some action plans and generate a few recommendations for the synodal church.
View Download PDFIt is an undeniable truth that there has been an identity crisis among the Catholic priests since the Second Vatican Council.1 There are several reasons for this crisis. There has been a move in the Church to secularize the clergy and to clericalise the laity. The crisis of priestly identity is also partly due to a wrong understanding of the two ways of participating in the priesthood of Christ, the ministerial and the common priesthood.2 There are also a number of other factors that have contributed to the crisis in priestly identity, some of which are examined extensively in the second volume of the Utume Theological e-Journal.
View Download PDFIn his presentation at the forum on Ecclesia in Africa@25 years held at the Tangaza University College, Nairobi in February 2020, Bishop John Oballa remarked that there exists “still an on-going degree of pastoral dichotomy between Faith and Life, between Christianity and Culture, between Catholicism and other religions; ‘Religious Dual-affiliation to righteous and unrighteous beliefs and practices refuse to die”.2 Considering the words of Bishop John Oballa and in the light of the articles of this present theological e-journal, it would not be out of place for us to admit that integration of faith and culture is still one of the predominant challenges confronting the Catholic Church in Africa.
View Download PDFThis Journal is a deliberate effort to appeal for a Christian response to the environmental crisis arising in the African continent today. The Journal aims to contribute to ecological conversion by providing a theological reflection and practical answers to the Catholic Social Teaching on the “Care for Our Common Home.” The articles of this Journal are the results of the Theological Symposium held in Don Bosco Utume in the Second Semester of the Academic year 2022 – 2023. From a Christian view, it is a call for the Church and the world to see the urgency of the environmental crisis and the need for integral human development. Notably, almost eight years after issuing Laudato Si, this journal was published when Pope Francis confirmed his desire to write part two of the Laudato Si. A renewed consciousness of the current environmental questions that threaten human existence is needed to become good stewards of the common home of our time.
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