Caxito, 10 August, 2024 / 8:40 pm (ACI Africa).
Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Caxito has decried “rampant” corruption in the Southern African nation and called on those in positions of leadership to work for the common good.
In his August 3 homily at St. Monica Kikolo Parish of his Episcopal See, Bishop Camuto said corruption is one of the “main evils that afflict Angolan society.”
“There is rampant corruption in Angola. Our customs, our minds, and our intelligence are all corrupt,” the Angola Catholic Bishop lamented, adding, “This is not the new man that the church wants; this is not the new man announced by Jesus; this is not the new man that God planned. This is our project, created by our ambition and greed.”
Bishop Camuto further lamented that corruption has led to social insensitivity in Angolan society.
Unfortunately, he said, “we have become people who are insensitive to the suffering and pain of others, who only know how to look at our navel, at our relatives and friends, at the members of our party.”
