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The ACEAC ORGANIZED A WORKSHOP GOMA MEDIA BURUNDI'S CATHOLIC OF THE DR CONGO AND RWANDA

Delegate of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lubumbashi, I was sent by His Excellency Bishop Fulgence Muteba, to take part in a seminar-workshop organized by ACEAC (Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa) to Goma from May 9 to 12 The delegations of the three countries that make up the ACEAC were present:


1. The Delegation of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Burundi (Cecab) with 4 members;

2. The Delegation of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) composed of 7 members;

3. The Delegation of the Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (CEPR) with 3 members.

ACEAC The Office was represented by the Secretary General of the ACEAC, Father Edward Mombili and his assistant. And finally, the Expert on elections, Mr Henry Muhiya role was the animation of this workshop.

workshop theme was "Media and elections Catholics in the area ACEAC. After the speech by the Secretary General called ACEAC of the three conferences included in the agenda were given, namely:

1. "The Church's action in supporting the electoral process and democracy. Experience of the Commission for Justice and Peace. The speaker, Mr. Henry MUHIYA began by determining the role and usefulness of the organization of democratic elections. He listed the stakeholders in the electoral process and the problems that arise in the interaction media and election stakeholders. He has demonstrated the challenges and the role media of working climate of peaceful elections.

2. "The Catholic Community Media and elections." Lecture given by Abbot Bwanga Kisangani. The Abbot pointed out particularly the social responsibility of media and the option for the Church to err on the side of the poor and democracy.

3. "Issues and Challenges of Catholic Media: what course of action by the social doctrine of the Church? . Here, Father Jean-Baptiste Malenge who presented the paper has mainly discussed the challenges of Catholic media including the challenges of peace, credibility or testimony, and especially the challenge of truth on which he insisted. Thou shalt not lie, says the 8th Commandment of God. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (n. 2493 to 2494), the conciliar document Intermirifica (n.11) and our Lord Jesus Christ (John 17.17; Jean8, 32) invite us to work in and for the Truth .

There followed questions and discussion, and exchange of experiences between delegations of Burundi, DRC and Rwanda. Reflection questions were investigated crossroads the next day by raising goals to be achieved, problems encountered or to meet and actions. Each country has its specificities, although the junctions were made on how the mix of nations, you will find in the final report filed by all countries.

Finally, we have adopted resolutions and recommendations for all our three countries. The resolutions relate to Catholic journalists that we are for the three countries. While the recommendations are addressed to: • The

ACEAC

• Our respective states

• All Catholic communicators, including those working in public or private channels that are not confessional.

Abbot Alain Ket Kalenda

Delegate of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lubumbashi
and Director of Radio Malkia in Kolwezi.