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The Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization has called upon the people of God in Africa to “return love for love,” embracing renewed missionary zeal, and sharing the spiritual fruits sown by early missionaries.
The contribution of African Clergy and women and men Religious to the West is not a sign of Western deficiency but a fruit of shared faith, the Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization has said, and cautioned missionaries from Africa against the temptation to present themselves as “agents of rescue" to the Church that is said to be experiencing a decline in vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life.
“A Church that fails to care for its own cannot credibly claim to care for others.” This is what the Secretary for the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, believes.
The Secretary for the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization has weighed in on the possibility of the Church in the West establishing places where Priests coming from Africa could be equipped with skills to efficiently respond to the pastoral needs of their Episcopal Sees.
The Secretary of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization has denounced attacks in Northen Nigeria reportedly targeting Christians and called for spiritual solidarity with the persecuted followers of Jesus Christ, personal conversion of persecutors, and concrete action to end the violence.
The Secretary of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization has told the 32 Deacons he ordained Priests in Nigeria that the Priesthood is a mission of service, not an opportunity to exercise authority characterized with self-interests.
The leadership of the African region of the World Catholic Association for Communication, SIGNIS Africa, has underlined the need to relate religious icons, symbols and other images with cultural context to enhance understanding among the local people.
The 40 newly Ordained Deacons during Holy Mass to mark the conclusion of the centenary celebrations of Nigeria’s Bigard Memorial Major Seminary have been challenged to live a life of “radical holiness”.
Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, the Nigerian-born Vatican-based Catholic Church leader, who previously served as the Apostolic Nuncio in Nicaragua has reflected on the days before the Central American nation started experiencing religious persecution.
The Holy See is increasingly diversifying the membership of its diplomatic service, a Vatican-based Nigerian Catholic Archbishop, who previously served as an Apostolic Nuncio has said.
From a childhood as a war refugee to a career as a Holy See diplomat, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu will now take on a new leadership role in one of the most important dicasteries in the Roman Curia.
Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu as Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, the Vatican section for the first evangelization and the new particular Churches that “serves the work of evangelization, so that Christ, the light of the nations, may be known and witnessed to by word and deed, and the Church, his mystical Body, may be built up.”
The representative of the Holy See to the European Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, has underscored the main role of Catholic Priests saying they are “first and foremost bridge builders”.
Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, a member of the Clergy of Nigeria’s Aba Diocese, as the representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva.