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The award was presented to Fr. Justin Ndéma who represented Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalaïnga, Apostle Nicolas Guérékoyamé Gbangou, and the widow of Imam Omar Kobine Layama. Credit: Aegis Trust

Cardinal Nzapalainga among Winners of 2024 Aegis Award for Playing “a critical role” in Preventing Violence in CAR

Jul 31, 2024

Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR) is among the three winners of the 2024 Aegis Award for his “critical role” in preventing violent conflicts in the country. 

Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, CAR, during Closing Mass of Annual Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Ngoukomba, Saturday, December 7, 2019 / ACI Africa

“Do justice to creation, it keeps shouting at us”: African Cardinal to Pilgrims in CAR

Dec 9, 2019

During the concluding Mass of the Annual National Pilgrimage in the Central African Republic (CAR) Saturday, December 7, the Archbishop of Bangui, Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga called on the congregation of close to 25,000 pilgrims to make every effort to care for creation and have a sense of responsibility in the example of Mary.

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