{"id":101354,"date":"2026-07-29T21:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101354"},"modified":"2026-07-29T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:49:19","slug":"u-s-bishops-solidarity-fund-backs-popes-call-for-unity-with-church-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/u-s-bishops-solidarity-fund-backs-popes-call-for-unity-with-church-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"El fondo de solidaridad de los obispos de EE. UU. respalda el llamado del Papa a la unidad con la Iglesia en \u00c1frica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The U.S. bishops\u2019 Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa is advancing Pope Leo XIV\u2019s call for deeper unity by funding bicycles that help Marianist sisters reach remote villages in the Central African Republic.The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has distributed 97 grants, including the bicycle project, totaling more than $3 million in 2025 through its Africa Solidarity Fund, according to a July 21 press release. The fund also supports programs in Mali, Sudan, Burkina Faso, and throughout the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The fund also supports programs in Mali, Sudan, Burkina Faso, and throughout the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":101360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-101354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18414,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/african-bishops-speak-how-has-the-synod-on-synodality-impacted-the-church-in-africa\/","url_meta":{"origin":101354,"position":0},"title":"African bishops speak: How has the Synod on Synodality impacted the Church in Africa?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"octubre 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Cameroon, and Cardinal Edouard Sinayobye of Rwanda talk with journalists at Synod on Synodality press briefings in October 2024. \/ Credit: Daniel Iba\u00c3\u00b1ez\/CNA Vatican City, Oct 22, 2024 \/ 15:15 pm (CNA). 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