Make Fight against Hunger “an absolute priority”: Catholic Bishops in Angola to Government

He continued, “It is not news to anyone that robberies of cars carrying food have multiplied, which were not visible a short time ago. Many people are scavenging in rubbish dumps, trying to find the bare minimum they need to survive.”

The Angolan member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.) went on to lament, “The middle class itself, not to mention doctors, nurses and engineers, who used to maintain the social balance, are now more or less on the brink of poverty.”

“Wages no longer have the purchasing power to support those who work, not to mention the list of unemployed people in the country,” he further lamented.

Bishop Chissengueti called upon the relevant government authorities to prioritize “what is essential for its citizens.”   

The Spokesperson of CEAST said he was concerned about the growing number of children outside the formal education system and called on the government to invest in school inclusion.

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“There are thousands of children outside the school system. It's true and we know that in the previous Constitution children were an absolute priority. And we cannot build the future of the nation without the education of children,” Bishop Chissengueti said.

“The education of children is an imperative priority, because without it, you will be governed by untrained violent illiterates and that will be a great risk for the stability and future of the country,” the Bishop of Cabinda said.

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