113. On Church finances
No Church is wealthier than the economy of the territory where the Church is located
No Church is wealthier than the economy of the territory where the Church is located
The danger of sycophancy is that it snuffs out the truth from us, and as priests and religious, it undermines the Truth, the very foundation and purpose of our vocation and mission.
The exercise of authority in the Church is always a vocation to service and not for exploitation.
The current seminary structure also creates the ‘I-have-arrived mentality’ accompanied by an entitlement mentality.
‘Ebube agụ na-eche agụ’ is an Igbo maxim that roughly translates as ‘the glory of the leopard shields the leopard’
A major reason Islam displaced Christianity is the lack of inculturation of the Christian faith
The Catholic Church repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of indigenous peoples, including what is known as the “doctrine of discovery”
Both my predecessors and I have asked forgiveness for personal and social sins for all the actions or omissions that did not contribute to evangelisation – Pope Francis
I humbly ask forgiveness, not only for the offenses of the Church herself, but also for crimes committed against the native peoples during the so-called conquest of America – Pope Francis
The present celebration is providential in order to safeguard the dignity and rights of the indigenous peoples.