Can Angola be an example for other countries tormented by civil war?
Undoubtedly Angola can be a workshop which serves as an example for many African countries sadly today struggling with bloody conflicts apparently endless. The peace process, installed after decades of war, can and must be a stimulus for all Africans. “Never again war!” I said in Luanda on Sunday October 27 during the solemn concelebration of Mass with all the Bishops and the Nuncio, and the call was welcomed with a warm burst of applause. “Never again war” must be the cry of African peoples and individuals. The Church is always ready to spend her energies to support the cause of peace at every latitude and in any context: in Angola the Church has played and continues to play an important role recognised also by the civic authorities whom I met during my visit. The same could happen in many other places and not only in Africa. In Angola thousands live in extreme poverty, what is the Church doing on this front? Between 2 and 4 million people in Angola live in unimaginable misery, three
