“Take action”: Bishops in Angola Want State to Ban Churches Disregarding Family Values

“Many of these churches are only after the money of the faithful, after the money of the citizens, and that's not right,” the Secretary General of CEAST said.

The Local Ordinary of Angola’s Caxito Diocese said, “There are also churches that function as money laundering centers, and the Ministry of the Interior should be a little more attentive.”

“There are also churches whose theology is confused, and they sow confusion among citizens,” the Angolan member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CSSp.), also known as the Spiritans or Holy Ghost Fathers said.

Bishop Camuto said the government must put in place criteria for “evaluating the actions of churches, how and when they should be considered a church, we have to look at their theology, their doctrine, their morals.”

“You have to see if their pastors are really trained in theology or not. It can't be just anyone who shows up, on any given day and in any given place, claiming to be a pastor, a prophet or an apostle, that can't be the case and that doesn't exist in serious countries,” Bishop Camuto said.

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João Vissesse is an Angolan Journalist with a passion and rich experience in Catholic Church Communication and Media Apostolate.