Luanda, 05 October, 2023 / 9:25 pm (ACI Africa).
During the month of mission, October, the people of God in Angola need to go beyond proclaiming the Gospel in mere words, and manifest their solidarity with the poor and needy through actions.
In his homily Thursday, October 5 homily, the National Pastoral Coordinator of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe (CEAST), Fr. Afonso Ligório Tchimuk, expressed concern about the rising cost of living in the Southern African nation.
“In this month of the missions, let's also take Jesus to the people, not just with words, but with deeds,” Fr. Ligório said at the CEAST chapel in Luanda, and added, “Let's look at our country, which is going through various difficulties.”
He went on to highlight the challenges the people of God in Angola are facing, placing emphasis on the high cost of living.
“The economic crisis that Angola is facing has become a food crisis, since the national currency, the Kwanza, has lost its value against foreign currencies,” he lamented, and continued, “The economic crisis is becoming increasingly acute, since the country has high unemployment and imports almost everything, even food.”
