Episode 1: Frs. Patrick Alumuku & Stan Chu Ilo- A Call for African Catholic Voices at the Catholic Synod on Synodality

On October 10, 2021, Pope Francis will open a two-year synodal process in the worldwide Catholic Church. In creating the opportunity for listening and dialogue on the local level through this Synod, Pope Francis is calling the Church to rediscover her deeply synodal nature. This is a time to pray, listen, analyze, dialogue, and discern how to build a vital church in Africa and in the world.  It is also a time to seek a common path in shaping the future of the Catholic Church to meet the needs and hunger of God's people in these challenging and complex times.
In this inaugural episode of the African Catholic Voices podcast, host, Fr Stan Chu Ilo, Coordinating servant of the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network, and Fr Patrick Alumuku, CEO of Catholic Television, Nigeria and former news anchor at Vatican Radio call on African Catholics to take this synodal process seriously. They also discuss how the synodal process should be carried out successfully in Africa. They also make a case for taking African voices seriously in the Catholic Church, and why the voices of the poor and the marginalized in our churches need to be listened to through this synodal process.