He further faulted Angola’s leaders for not manifesting leadership traits, saying, “He who is capable of having compassion for the people can be a leader.”
“The proof is that those who govern us don’t live where we live. If they did, they would have solved our problems, but they don’t; they live far away, they live in condominiums or apartments, with paved streets, no ponds, no standing water, no mud, because if they lived here in this neighbourhood of Kikolo, they would have helped to solve the situation or the conditions,” he said.
The Local Ordinary of Caxito Diocese since his Episcopal Consecration in August 2020 challenged Christians in the civil service to show their faith in bringing about positive change.
“We know that among the members of the public administration there are Christians, there are people who pray, but things don’t change,” he said, and posed, “What do these Christians do? They come to church and pray with us, don’t they?”
The 61-year-old Catholic Bishop called upon political leaders in Angola to change from their “selfish interests” and embrace altruism, attending to the needs of ordinary citizens, who “voted them in office for service.”
João Vissesse is an Angolan Journalist with a passion and rich experience in Catholic Church Communication and Media Apostolate.
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