Luanda, 19 January, 2025 / 4:46 pm (ACI Africa).
The Coordinator of Ecumenical Pastoral Ministry in Angola’s Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda has called for unity, dialogue, reconciliation, and peace among Christians at the start of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in the Southern African nation.
Speaking to ACI Africa on Saturday, January 18 after the ecumenical service that was held to inaugurate the Week of Prayer at Our Lady of Fatima Parish of Luanda Archdiocese, Fr. Adelino Kangue Moma appealed for continued efforts to foster dialogue as a pathway to peaceful coexistence.
“We must continue building encounters, dialogue, and reconciliation in our families, groups, movements, and parishes to live in peace,” Fr. Moma told ACI Africa.
He added, “Our purpose is always to build bridges so that there are no barriers and that religion is never an obstacle to human connection. This is the essence of ecumenism.”
The Angolan Catholic Priest explained that prayer for Christian unity aims to prevent divisions based on denominational affiliations. The objective, he said, is to treat others as brothers and sisters, even when they belong to different Christian communities.