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The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos in Nigeria has urged women and men Religious to found their lives and ministry on the virtue of love, in compliance with the teaching and life of St. Paul, St. Therese of Lisieux, and St. Francis of Assisi, among others.
The Holy Father presided over Mass on Feb. 2 for the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica.
The amazed joy of Simeon and Anna at encountering and embracing Christ at the Temple is a virtue that consecrated religious should remember and imitate, the pope said in a homily addressed to religious brothers and sisters.
Members of the Religious Superiors’ Conference of Kenya (RSCK), the forum that brings together representatives of the male Religious Orders and Societies of Apostolic Life in Kenya, have called for prayers for the consecrated persons who first brought the Gospel of Christ in the East African country.
While the global Catholicism marked the World Day for Consecrated Life on Sunday, February 2, the Archdiocese of Nairobi in Kenya marked the celebration Saturday, February 8 with Kenyan Prelates based in country’s capital, Nairobi, reminding the hundreds of religious men and women in attendance about their purpose of life anchored on living for and serving God.