ACCRA NOVEMBER 24, 2015 (CISA) – The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has issued a communiqué welcoming Pope Francis to Kenya. “As representatives of the Church in Africa we warmly welcome the Holy Father, Pope Francis, as he makes his first apostolic visit to our continent,” said the statement by the Standing Committee of the symposium. We are convinced that the family is and remains the fundamental and indispensable pillar of the life in the society,” the bishops said. Pope Francis will be visiting Africa (Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic) from November 25-30, 2015. The bishops’ statement came at the end of a bi-annual meeting November 16-20, 2015 at the SECAM Secretariat in Accra, Ghana.