Luanda, 23 January, 2025 / 5:45 pm (ACI Africa).
The Coordinator of the Justice and Peace Pastoral Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Menongue in Angola has called on Christians in the country to champion the humanization of laws and social norms.
In his homily during morning Mass at the chapel of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST) in Luanda, Fr. Gaudêncio Félix Yakuleingue challenged Angolans to reflect on their Christian identity.
“If we truly are Christians and are praying for the unity of Christians during this week, let us give life, brothers. Let us not kill. Let us rejoice in the good that our brother does. If we are Christians, let us be capable of humanizing our laws and norms in our society,” Fr. Yakuleingue said during the Wednesday, January 22 Eucharistic celebration.
The Angolan Catholic Priest lamented the presence of “dehumanizing laws” in Angola, stressing that such laws are often a product of society’s own decisions.
“There are dehumanizing laws, and it is us who approve them in our homes, in our neighborhoods, in our cities, and in our country,” he said.