Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 26, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
TheUnitedStatesbishopshaveexpressedtheirsolidaritywiththebishopsandfaithfulinAfrica“astheyoffertheworldaprofoundwitnessofrespectforhumanlifeanddignityamidstongoingconflicts”onthecontinent.
InaSept.24statement,BishopA.EliasZaidan,chairmanoftheU.S.ConferenceofCatholicBishops’(USCCB)CommitteeonInternationalJusticeandPeace,saidthebishops“praythatgovernmentofficialsandpeopleofallfaithsmayworktogethertobringlastingpeace,justice,andsecuritytothecontinent.”
“In2025,millionsofourbrothersandsistersontheAfricancontinentlivedisplacedfromtheirhomesandcommunities,forcedtofleeduetoconflict,religiousandethnicpersecution,economichardship,andenvironmentalcrises,”Zaidanwrote.
Africannationshaveexperiencedextremeviolence,war,anddisease,whichhasleftmorethan15millio
