"I would propose that this Synod in this Year of the Family sends a strong message concerning the African Church’s determination to multiply its effort and to use its resources for the building up of sound Christian Family Life, where values of the Gospel are experienced and lived. We must be determined to counter and fight all that would destroy such family life."
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Archbishop Lawrence Patrick HENRY (Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa) (1994) The African Synod
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Lawrence Patrick Henry
Lawrence Patrick Henry (27 July 1934 – 4 March 2014) was a South African prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cape Town.
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