Nairobi, 06 September, 2023 / 9:58 pm (ACI Africa).
The sainthood course of the Servant of God Michael Maurice Cardinal Otunga was started by the Cardinal himself, and is now an invitation for the people of God to live a holy life, the Local Ordinary of Kenya's Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi has said.
Speaking at the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Cardinal Otunga, Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo noted that the goal for the Cardinal’s canonization process is for all those praying for him to be saints as well.
“This process began with the Cardinal himself. He showed us the way to help him and to journey together, that all of us may become saints. What he began many years ago may not be accomplished in our lifetime. It is something that is ongoing. The goal is for all of us to be saints,” Archbishop Anyolo said during the event that was held at Queen of Apostles Ruaraka Parish of Nairobi Archdiocese.
The Archbishop of Nairobi who serves as the petitioner for the course of Cardinal Otunga’s canonization urged the people of God in Kenya to embrace the sainthood process of Kenya’s first native Catholic Bishop and Cardinal as “a project” and “a process that continues”, adding, “It calls for us to continue praying because he continues to pray for us so that we all follow the same course he is on.”
Archbishop Anyolo invited the people of God to imitate Cardinal Otunga who has been described as “a great gift to the Church” even as they pray for his canonization.
