By CISA
GRAND-BASSAM, JANUARY 26, 2021 (CISA)-The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Côte d’Ivoire (CECCI) has called for reconciliation, political dialogue, the return of political exiles, and the release of political prisoners as the country marks 125 years of evangelization.
“The time has come to give back joy to Côte d’Ivoire, to see its children gathered around it without obstacles of an ethnic, political and religious nature. This is the place to call for the return of political exiles, and the release of all political prisoners and of conscience, for the advent of this new Côte d’Ivoire,” reads a statement read out at the end of closing mass of the jubilee on January 24.
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