Lome, 08 September, 2020 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
At the celebration of the previously postponed Chrism Mass in Togo's Archdiocese of Lomé Tuesday, September 8, the presiding Prelate has underscored the need for Clerics to rediscover the value of their ministerial Priesthood by paying attention to the plight of the deprived in society and working toward re-establishing social justice.
“As Priests, we are called to defend the oppressed, committing us to re-establish a minimum of social justice at the heart of society. This is why we cannot close our eyes to situations of injustice, corruption, discrimination and exploitation of others,” Archbishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah said during the Tuesday, September 8 celebration.
“We cannot remain silent in the face of the evil that is being committed around us,” Archbishop Barrigah said in his homily during the Eucharistic celebration held at Cristo Risorto de Hedzranawoe Catholic Parish Church in Lomé and live streamed on Facebook.
Referencing Pope John Paul II, the Togolese Prelate said, “The structures of sin are all situations of injustice, those institutions and laws that lead people to commit sin. It is these structures that hardens the human conscience and makes it insensitive to evil.”