THE AFRICAN FAMILY AS A CONTEXT FOR THE JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY

Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony

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The Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Misericordia Vultus was given on April 11th 2015, the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday. In the Bull, the Holy Father, Pope Francis said that he proclaimed the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy so that the Church may gaze even more attentively on mercy so that she may become a more effective sign of the Father's action in our lives. It is also a special time for the Church when her witness might grow stronger and more effective. The present research focuses on the contextualization of the Bull within the familiar parameters of the family. This contextualization is necessitated and anchored on the socio-economic experiences of families in Africa. For the purpose of this research, the phenomenological and particularist approach are employed for the purpose of contextualization. This piece has discovered that the contextualization of the Jubilee Year of Mercy to the African family provides a locale for a more effective discourse in the Jubilee Year of Mercy for progressive transformation.

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