One of the new cardinals appointed by Pope Francis on October 5 is the emeritus bishop of Benguela, Angola, Eugenio Dal Corso.<\/p>\n
He calls himself a missionary cardinal. He says the challenge for the Church in Africa is to not lose sight of the poor.<\/p>\n
CARD. EUGENIO DAL CORSO<\/strong> He has lived out most of his priestly missionary work in the world\u2019s peripheries. He spent 11 years in Argentina and 33 in Africa, where he currently lives.<\/p>\n CARD. EUGENIO DAL CORSO<\/strong> This joy is reflected in his commitment to the poorest and most marginalized in Angola, despite his being an emeritus bishop.<\/p>\n CARD. EUGENIO DAL CORSO<\/strong> Although he will not be able to vote at the next conclave because he is 80 years old, he says this new responsibility will intensify his pastoral work in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 17, 2019. He has worked in marginalized areas of the African continent for 33 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/44DlRyLNTPM","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bdalcorsoeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bdalcorsoint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
\n\u201cI think Pope Francis wanted to use my appointment to draw attention to the humblest and poorest regions, those most abandoned by society. I live in a very poor area where people eat only once a day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
\n\u201cWhen they were told that the pope had chosen me for cardinal, they started to cry. They said, \u2018Now you\u2019re leaving.\u2019 I told them, \u2018No, no, no. The pope won\u2019t take me away from this place. I will return to you with a lot of joy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
\n\u201cMany are baptized, but baptism is the only thing they count on because there are so few priests. Hardly any have been there. So I went to be a missionary priest. I began giving catechism, first communions, confirmations, and matrimonies, and I still work there. I will return as bishop and now as missionary cardinal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n