Maputo, 26 May, 2023 / 12:03 pm (ACI Africa).
Catholic Bishops in Mozambique have emphasized the “urgent need” to promote Biblical Pastoral care in the Southern African nation.
In a statement issued at the end of their May 17-21 National Pastoral Assembly, members of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM) say it is important for Mozambicans to encounter Jesus Christ who is the Word of God.
“Today there is an urgent need to promote Biblical Pastoral Care, not as one pastoral among others, but as the transversal axis that energizes the other pastoral ministries,” the Bishops say in the statement signed by CEM President, Archbishop Inácio Saúre of Nampula Archdiocese.
CEM members add, “It is necessary to ensure that the activities of all sectors, communities and movements have at heart a personal and communitarian encounter with Christ.”
An encounter with the person of Jesus Christ in the scriptures makes the Biblical pastoral care “one of the privileged mediations for pastoral work as a whole,” the Catholic Bishops say in the statement shared with ACI Africa Tuesday, May 23.
