Kinshasa, 26 March, 2021 / 5:30 pm (ACI Africa).
The Cardinal in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has cautioned Catholic politicians in the Central African nation against the tendency to engage in social vices and partisan interests.
Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo who was catechizing Catholic Parliamentarians, Senators and other political stakeholders in DRC Friday, March 26 underscored the need for responsible freedom and practices that foster the common good and the Christian heritage.
“The growth and multiplication of social vices makes many socio-political actors believe that in order to succeed in their professional life, they must relegate the vision and demands of the Catholic faith on human welfare. This has profoundly weakened the practice of ethics in politics in DR Congo,” Cardinal Ambongo said.
The Cardinal noted that in DRC, “personal or partisan interests have taken precedence over the well-being of the people to be served. This has opened the way to many vices or practices reprehensible to the Catholic faith.”
He went on to highlight some of the social vices that characterize the lives of Congolese politicians, including “occultism, corruption, lies, tribalism, immorality, (and the) formation of political groups to defend personal interests.”