Caxito, 30 January, 2025 / 10:52 pm (ACI Africa).
Angola, the Southern African nation that is endowed with natural resources, should not be having any of its citizens reeling in poverty and misery as, unfortunately, it is the case, the Catholic Bishop of the country’s Caxito Diocese has told ACI Africa.
Speaking to ACI Africa on the challenges and opportunities of the people of God in Angola, Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Caxito highlighted economic hardships as a major challenge for an average Angolan, and attributed the unfortunate situation to egoism on the part of the political leaders, who he said are under the influence of some “foreign powers”.
“The economic crisis is a global experience. However, there are certain communities, countries, and groups of people, who suffer more the consequences of this economic crisis. This is also the situation in Angola,” Bishop Camuto said during the January 26 interview in Rome.
Bishop Maurício Agostinho Camuto of the Catholic Diocese of Caxito in Angola. Credit: ACI Africa
In Angola, he said, “we really live great difficulties; and this is felt even in the church. People are becoming more and more poor, without means of livelihood, people who are hungry, who do not have the possibility to pay for education, for health services; there are many challenges.”