Abuja, 15 November, 2022 / 8:45 pm (ACI Africa).
The Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria has emphasized the need for Catholics to build their lives on the person of Jesus Christ and to be guided by the spirit of altruism, saying that Christ-centeredness and having concerns for the wellbeing of others sustain the Eucharistic nature of the Church.
In his homily during Holy Mass marking the conclusion of the fifth National Eucharistic Congress in the West African nation, Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi said difficulties in the Church are often as a result of wrong attitudes of the baptized, including some “charismatic” characters.
“The Church which is born of the Eucharist and is constantly nourished by the Eucharist, must be a community in which we do not seek our interests but those of Christ and the true good of others,” Archbishop Filipazzi said during the Sunday, November 13 Holy Mass.
Pope Francis’ representative in Nigeria added, “In the Church, one must not act driven by the interests of a family, an ethnic group, an association, an association, a religious institute, a parish, a diocese or a political party against and to the detriment of others but must always seek unity in truth, humility, charity and service.”
Archbishop Filipazzi said that he finds it regrettable that though St. Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, calls for unity in the Mystical body of Christ, there are still divisions within the Church.
