document.writeln("The African vision of life
By Marcellino D'Ambrosio
Catholic News Service
'Catholic' means 'universal.' Though the Catholic Church was born in a Middle Eastern, Semitic culture, it had, within a generation, spread to North Africa and Europe.
From the first century until today, every ethnic group has found that entrance into the church is in many ways a coming home, the discovery of a place where it can truly be itself.
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