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The History O Christian Mission Shows That T & E Best 9512 EDITORIAL In our firs1 article of SEDOS 1995, we lisren ro Shorter, Aylward, M.Afr.: rhe voice of the suflering Church in Algeria. Evangelizarion and Culrure, Brother MICHEL, SM., whose confrere was Chapman, London, 1994 killed at his side, ourlines bnejly rhe history and lung. Chang: the socio-political reality of rhe conflicr. Les Signes Sauvages: Archbishop HENRI TEISSIER in his nieditation Trois Filles de Chine given to religious, develops some characreristics Plon, Belgium, 1993 of a possible solidariry, rising out of rhe 'Evangelical Spirit of rhe Bearitrrdes'. He Schiissler-Fiorenza, Elisabeth: srresses rhe importance of maintaining a few Discipleship of Equals: viral unirs of communirarian presence. A Critical Feminist Ekklesia-logy of Lib- The well-known West African theologian eration, LA URENTI MAGESA sees rhe Synod ,for Africa Crossroads, New York, 1993 as a new chance for the local churches. In his mind, rhe decisive phase of the Synod held in Halllnan, David. Ed. : Rome has to srart now in Africa. Ecotheology - Farher FRANC CAREY, M.Afr., presents a Insig/its,fiom South and Nonh sober picrure of rhe consequences of AIDS in Orbis, 1994 Zanibia and suggests a few possibilities,for how Yameogo, Hermann: Church and State can respond to the growing Repenser I'Erat Africain number of orphans of AIDS. L'Harmattan, 1993 Several irnportant contributions on the relation benveen 'Gospel and Culr~ues'conic lately from Schreiter, Robert: the World Council of Churches in Geneva. Reconciliation - Mission and Ministry KONRAD RAISER, the present General Secre- in a Changing Social Order tary of rhe WCC, elaborates on the rheologicul Orbis, 1992 cc~nsequencesfor the progress of Ecumenism. Corm, Georges: At the end of November 1994, Sister GISELE I1 nuovo disordine economico mondiale BELLEMARE, MSOLA., a long time missiorrary alle radici dei.fallimenti dello sviluppo in Rwanda - Zai're, addressed SEDOS on rhe Torino, 1994 @future for missionaries' in a rortured Rwanda. Calvez, lean-Yves: See how it may have afurure! We conclude the Janrraty 11umber with the very La Chiesa di,fronte a1 liberalismo helpful 'Subject and Author Index' cf our 1994 ecc~nomico SEDOS Bullerins. We [hank Philippa Lavoro, Roma, 1994 WooIdridge.for [he grear efort. Chers frhres et soeurs responsables Nous ronfions a vorre pri2re l'nr,enir de l'Aipirie, rr 1 'nvenir de nos perires runmrurururb de rl~r2riens.Nous nmprons sur vous pour faire cornprer~rlrenurour de r,ous les rnisons qui n~oriver~rnorrefiddliri d la vocnrio~ique r~ou.s [r~,on.sresue rlu Seigneur en AigPrie. Dans in lei- rre des 6vPque.y d'Alg6rie errire lors rle la ren- conrre de in CERNA, nous risumions ninsi rlorre uppel nnuel: "11 ne s'ugir pas d'un nrrncherner~r obsrini (i un projer de vie ou d une iddoiogie. Ce ne sernir pns suffisnnr pour risquer une vie humnine. I1 .~'ngird'unejid2lirC A des prrsorlncs elles-rnln~esdons 1'2preuve. I1 s'ngir d'ur~ rimoigrmge re~rlu l'nnrour fid?le rle Dicu, aver J2.sus qui nous a nirn6.s jusqu'nu bout ". Bo~liesf2res de Noel a vous nussi, pour en nrcueillir in joie el en rknloigner id oir vous Pres. Henri Teissier, Archevaquz d'Alger ALGERIE - QUELLE CROISADE ? F. Michel, SM @'auteur de cet article esr un Fr2re Mariste qui a dli quitter rapidement I'Algkrie, apr6.r l'assassinar de son compagnon de vie et de rruvail b la Casbah). ments de compte et la soif de vengeance sont plus frtquents que le pardon. L'AlgCrie Le 8 mai 1994, un pas de plus dans s'enfonce dans la guerre civile depuis l'arr&t du l'escalade de la violence Ctait franchi: en assas- processus electoral en janvier 1992 et la destitu- sinant Soeur Paul-H&ne Saint-Raymond, PSA, tion du President Chadli. et Frere Henri Vergb, mariste, bibliothecaires i la Casbah, les intkgristes visaient non deux Ob est-il celui-ci ? bien tranquille dans sa individus, deux Fran~ais,deux religieux mais villa d'Oran, m&me pas poursuivi par les plutBt les "oeuvres sociales" , la "vitrine" , brigades des finances. Les juges se taisent. Ont- l'influence de I'Eglise et des chrttiens sur la ils peur ? L'assassinat du Prtsident M.Boudiaf. jeunesse: Le GIA revendiquait cc crime, le 29 juin 1992, qui aurait pu &tre un De Gaulle quelques jours plus lard en conspuant les juifs, algtrien, tant le peuple le soutenait, marque une les chr6tiens "qui menent croisade contre autre date dans ce processus auto-destructeur. 1'Islam ..."! Quoi dtCtonnant qu'une ttudiante m'ait dit, en larmes, le 2 mai dernier : "Notre pays est entre Le dimanche 23 octobre dernier, Soeur dans l'empire du mal". Esther Paniagua et Soeur Maria Caridad Alvarez, Augustines espagnoles, Ctaient tutes B Certes, on peut jeter le discrcklit sur le Parli l'entrk de la chapelle de Bab El-Oued oh elles unique (FLN), corrompu, qui n'a pas su gerer se rendaient ?ila messe dominicale. Nouvelle l'agriculture (calqute sur le rnodkle socialiste escalade : cette fois-ci, c'est bien la com- des collectivisations), qui n'a pas su ou voulu munautC chrktienne qui est visk et atteinte. Que placer La manne pttrolikre dans des investisse- peut-on reprocher i ces deux religieuses qui ser- ments productifs capables de gtntrer des vent les pauvres du quartier et les malades des emplois pour la foule des jeunes. Quelle mistre h6pitaux ? "Pourquoi ? Sans doute pour les de voir tous ces diplbmts en quite de travail remerrier d'avoir soigne' les nBrres pendant des !. tous ces jeunes "dos-au-mur" , B longueur de armies et des annies, d'avoir guCri un membre journtes attendant une embauche m&me de notre famille, re'conforte' un voisin... Peut- prtcaire. Chadli, en ltgdisant un Parti religieux Ztre se lrouve-t-il parmi les assassins... ? Sail-on (le FIS), avec qui il avait pactis6 secrktement jamais de quoi s'alinienre certe sauvage folie peu avant les Clections ICgislatives, a commis meurrrikre ? Pour les remercier donc slire- une erreur politique grave, contraire i la Con- ment.. Elles allaient faire leurs petites pridres stitution en vigueur dors dans le pays. pour nous, malheureux alge'riens, soumis oux "fltuw ... Vers ouel monde de tbn2bres va-t-on En soutenant l'lrak au moment de la guerre nous jeter, nous qui ne rZvons que de du Golfe, I'Algtrie s'est privte du soutien de lumibre?" (Said Mekbel, in "Le Matin" du 1'Arabie Saoudite, a choisi le mauvais camp en 27.10.94). compliquant ses relations avec ses voisins, avec I'Egypte et les Emirats arabes. Au bord de la Oui, le dialogue Pouvoir-FIS a tchouC. faillite kconomique, obligk d'importer 80% de L'armte et la police intensifient la rtpression. son alimentation, ce qui avec la dette exterieure Sous le mCme toit se cBtoient souvent un grkve son budget, obligte de se soulnettre policier et un inttgriste. Les mamans doivent finalement aux exigences de rtformes prontes gkrer de douloureux et impitoyables face ?i face par le FMI,-de quitter le socialisme et son oh la haine, le mtpris, la suspicion, les regie- dogme de I'Etat-Providence pour mettre en place un Cconomie de march6 (avec les con- de construire un be1 avenir pour ce grand, fier stquences que I'on devine sur I'emploi et les et beau pays. Et bien que l'on ait tuC quatre de prix), I' Algtrie assiste avec amertume a sa mes ami(e)s, je suis pr&t i retourner &bas aider propre dtgringolade vers la cattgorie des pays ces jeunes qui ne veulent pas mettre le foulard en voie de sous-dtveloppement. islamique (iranien) ni baisser les bras ni abdi- quer leur libertt de pens& malgrt la terreur qui Oh est-il le temps oh Boumedienne se s'abat sur toutes les familles. Comment les prksentait en leader du Tiers-Monde? aider ? En ne dCsesptrant pas de demain, en priant, en maintenant les accords, les khanges Et maintenant, les combattants retour a tous les niveaux. I1 ne faut pas laisser sombrer dlAfghanistan noyautent et arment des groupus- ce pays dans la violence et le dtsespoir, m&me cules de jeunes dips par leurs dirigeants politi- et surtout si le FIS prend le pouvoir. ques, par 1'Ccole devenue source d'endoctrinement, par 1es municipalites du FIS L'AlgCrie peut et doit rester un pays musul- qui n'ont pas pu tenir leurs promesses Clec- man et dCmontrer aux nations qui ont la m&ne toralistes. I1 ne reste plus qu'a fournir des culture, la mCme religion qu'elle, a la face du armes i des soi-disant brigades d'auto-dCfense monde entier, qu'il est possible d'ktre, de vivre pour que l'affrontement se gtntralise jusqu'au dans la modemitt et dans 1'Islam. Ne pas com- bain de sang.. La CIA et les grandes puis- mettre I'erreur de I'Iran qui a sacrifit une sances manoeuvrent-elles par en-dessous pour gtnkration de jeunes par idtologie. La nation faire de 1'Algtrie le prochain champ de bataille algtrienne doit se souder dans un grand projet qui succedera a l'ex-Yougoslavie ? Peut-Ctre. commun, de libertt pour tous et de reconstruc- tion politique et Cconomique. Le pays ne peut pas rester les armes la main, sans constitution et sans ~arlement.avec un code de la famille Les quatre dioctses 25000 moyen-igeux. ~a'solidarittdes pays mCditer- chrttiens environ dont beaucoup de bi-nationaux rantens doit se concritiser rapidement. Que de chantiers ?I ouvrir pour loger toutes ces familles (Ctrangers marits i des AlgCriens). Mais depuis entassCes dans une ou deux De gros deux ansl grand 'Ombre d'employts de 'Om- efforts ont tt~consentis pour scolariser tous les pagnies Ctrangtres Ont regagnC leur pays jeunes, Clectrifier, doter de routes et d'eau tout d'origine, sous les menaces inttgristes.
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