James O'Reilly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the first Mass that Pope Leo XIV celebrated in Angola, the third destination of his apostolic journey in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He traveled by car to the place where the Eucharistic celebration was to take place, in Kilamba\u2014a city that was once known as \u201cthe ghost city\u201d because of to the high cost of housing there, and thus low number of inhabitants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost 100,000 faithful welcomed the pope, who, aboard his popemobile, greeted those in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his homily, Pope Leo drew a parallel between Angola\u2019s recent history and the Gospel account of the road to Emmaus, emphasizing the need to recover hope after years marked by conflict and social difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> When one remains immersed for a long time in a history so marked by pain, one runs the same risk as the two disciples of Emmaus: losing hope and becoming paralyzed by discouragement.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite this, he encouraged those present to renew their hope and trust. He also delivered a message to priests, missionaries, and Church figures in Angola:<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> Angola, which emerged from a long civil war in 2002, has experienced economic growth in recent decades thanks to its natural resources, and especially its oil exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Much of the population, however, continues to face high levels of poverty and limited access to basic services\u2014challenges that still shape the country\u2019s daily life and the concerns of the every day civilian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With this large-scale celebration, the pope sought to strengthen his closeness to the Angolan people and to underscore the role of the Church as a companion in reconstructing the country. More than two decades after the end of the civil war, this still remains an ongoing challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" James O'Reilly It is the first Mass that Pope Leo XIV celebrated in Angola, the third destination of his apostolic journey in Africa. He traveled by car to the place where the Eucharistic celebration was to take place, in Kilamba\u2014a city that was once known as \u201cthe ghost city\u201d because of to the high cost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":89215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wFjktiw2lik","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessakilambaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmessakilambaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89256"}],"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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89259,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89256\/revisions\/89259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I see reflected the history of Angola, of this beautiful yet wounded country, which hungers and thirsts for hope, for peace, and for fraternity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The history of your country, the still difficult consequences you endure, the social and economic problems, and the various forms of poverty call for the presence of a Church that knows how to stay close along the journey and listen to the cry of its children.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n