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Catholic Bishops Conference of Ethiopia: Pastoral message for Advent, December 2024 

“Come now, let us reason together” Isaiah 1:18 

All Catholic Clergy, Religious men and women, laity and youth and all people of goodwill!   We, the Bishops of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, held our 57th annual ordinary plenary at the Consolata missionaries retreat center in Mojo from December 9 –13, 2024.   As we enter this holy season…

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Newly appointed Bishop in Ethiopia said our indigenous social values are able to heal our social and spiritual fractures (By Habtamu Abrdew Beture)

Religious leaders being neutral, free from ethnic partisanship and political influences, can play a great role in being mediators, in building a culture of peace and reconciliation

By Habtamu Abrdew Beture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The newly appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Eparchy of Emdibir and the Secretary General of the Catholic Bishop Conference of Ethiopia His Excellency Bishop Lucas (Abba Teshome Fikre) held an interview with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) on May 2, 2024. On his…

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The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is Blessed with a newly consecrated young Bishop, Bishop Lukas (By Bezawit Assefa)

The Holy Mass and consecration ceremony was presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Abune Birhaneyesus, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia with Bishops, Priests

By Bezawit Assefa The Episcopal consecration of Reverend Father Teshome Fikre (Ph.D.) was done on 11th February 2024 in Emdibir Eparchy, where the Pope appointed him to be Co adjutor Bishop in last December 2023. The Holy Mass and consecration ceremony was presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Abune Birhaneyesus,…

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The Ethiopian Catholic Church has Revealed Transformative Roadmap for building brighter future in a Synodal way

All leaders of religious denominations have congratulated the Church in reaching to this big milestone and have promised to commit in working with the Catholic Church in addressing common issues

On 19th December 2023, the Ethiopian Catholic Church has launched her Ten-Year Plan which was under preparation since July 2022 until September 2023. The strategic plan titled: Ethiopian Catholic Church Ten-Year Plan (ECC-TYP) is a long-term plan, which was completed at the end of 2015 in the Ethiopian calendar (September…

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Message of the Bishops' Conference of the Ethiopian Catholic Church

“Learn to do good, search for justice, discipline the violent, be just to the orphan” - Isaiah 1:17

To Excellency Bishops, Priests, religious Men and Women, lay faithful, all Catholics and to all Ethiopians and people of good will within the country and abroad, We, the Bishops of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, had conducted our 54th annual regular conference at St. Mary Chapel; the Consolata Missionaries Residence in…

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Request for Correction of Misinformation: The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ethiopia Announces that Some Online and Print Media are Misinterpreting the Content of the Recent Statement Issued by the Conference in July

The statement never states about the fleeing of Priests and Nuns or closing of Churches in Tigray

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ethiopia announces that some online and print media are misinterpreting the content of the recent statement issued by the conference in July. The statement never states about the fleeing of Priests and Nuns or closing of Churches in Tigray. The intention of the statement is…