Bishop Robert Barron | Five Lessons to Learn from the African Church @BishopBarron | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Friends, the Church in Africa is on fire for the faith. The number of laity attending weekly Mass in Nigeria, for example, is upwards of 94 percent. This week on the Word on Fire Show, we discuss five things Catholics in the West can learn from the African Church.
A listener asks how best to observe the Sabbath as a whole family.
00:00 | Intro
01:50 | DOWR Chancery dedication
03:00 | The African church as a robust exemplar
05:35 | Does Africa’s numerical strength translate to ecclesial strength?
07:12 | Lesson 1: Primacy of the supernatural
10:56 | Lesson 2: Hold fast to theological orthodoxy
12:08 | How the Church engages cultures
16:13 | Lesson 3: Commitment to evangelize the culture
17:49 | The rhythm between “hunkering down” and “diving in”
19:50 | Lesson 4: Praise in public, criticize in private
23:13 | Lesson 5: Courage in the face of opposition
25:19 | Counter-claims for Africa’s religious success
28:49 | Listener question
31:28 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
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Stats for Nigerian Church attendance: catholicnewsagency.com/news/253488/where-is-mass-attendance-highest-one-country-is-the-clear-leader
Stats for American Mass attendance: pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/12/9-facts-about-us-catholics
National Catholic Register article: ncregister.com/news/same-sex-blessings-and-the-catholic-church-in-africa
E&C Online article: wordonfire.org/articles/pope-francis-isnt-actually-visiting-peripheries-hes-leaving-them-behind
Crux article: cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2023/01/running-the-numbers-africa-isnt-the-catholic-future-its-the-present
Vatican News article: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2023-04/over-50000-christians-killed-in-nigeria-by-islamist-extremists.html
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Friends, the Church in Africa is on fire for the faith. The number of laity attending weekly Mass in Nigeria, for example, is upwards of 94 percent. This week on the Word on Fire Show, we discuss five things Catholics in the West can learn from the African Church.
A listener asks how best to observe the Sabbath as a whole family.
00:00 | Intro
01:50 | DOWR Chancery dedication
03:00 | The African church as a robust exemplar
05:35 | Does Africa’s numerical strength translate to ecclesial strength?
07:12 | Lesson 1: Primacy of the supernatural
10:56 | Lesson 2: Hold fast to theological orthodoxy
12:08 | How the Church engages cultures
16:13 | Lesson 3: Commitment to evangelize the culture
17:49 | The rhythm between “hunkering down” and “diving in”
19:50 | Lesson 4: Praise in public, criticize in private
23:13 | Lesson 5: Courage in the face of opposition
25:19 | Counter-claims for Africa’s religious success
28:49 | Listener question
31:28 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
———SHOW NOTES———
Stats for Nigerian Church attendance: catholicnewsagency.com/news/253488/where-is-mass-attendance-highest-one-country-is-the-clear-leader
Stats for American Mass attendance: pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/12/9-facts-about-us-catholics
National Catholic Register article: ncregister.com/news/same-sex-blessings-and-the-catholic-church-in-africa
E&C Online article: wordonfire.org/articles/pope-francis-isnt-actually-visiting-peripheries-hes-leaving-them-behind
Crux article: cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2023/01/running-the-numbers-africa-isnt-the-catholic-future-its-the-present
Vatican News article: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2023-04/over-50000-christians-killed-in-nigeria-by-islamist-extremists.html
Word on Fire Institute: institute.wordonfire.org
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