The Catholic Church, social justice and the quest for political stability in post-colonial Africa: what values and strategies for social change
The Catholic Church, social justice and the quest for political stability in post-colonial Africa: what values and strategies for social change

Summary/Abstract: It would not be out of place to state from the outset that injustices in all forms pervade African society, and that one should not be put in the dark as if things are normal either for the better-offs or the worse-offs in the society respectively. One could imagine a society where all kinds of social perversions hold sway, an individual would not find it difficult to assert in clear terms that such is yet to develop as acceptable by the citizenry. The age-long political instability in Africa has been the result of injustices in all ramifications. So, this portends great dangers for African society in the struggle for a positive and organised social change in a new world order. This paper will, therefore, thematise the functional and compulsory roles the Catholic Church as an institution ought to play in the over-all strategies for social change in Africa through the veracity of her social treatises. This is not to deny the fact that other religions and Christian sects are doing something worth-while concerning the issue of social justice. But it emphasises the fact that the Church is at the fore-front of the struggle for social justice in all its ramifications examining it from her traditions and history.

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