Pope Francis’ call for debt cancellation in the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope has inspired similar action among Catholic bishops and advocacy groups in East Africa. Source: The Tablet.
The Jubilee 2025 Debt Cancellation Campaign launched in Nairobi on February 12 to target Africa’s debt crisis, now standing at over $US1 trillion ($1.58 trillion), which threatens to cripple many countries in the continent.
Bishop Charles Kasonde of Solwezi, in Zambia, who chairs the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), told the launch that the debt forgiveness went beyond “economic calculus” and was a profound…
