Fr Saba said the visit by Pope Francis is very crucial at this time given hostilities between Christians and Muslims in auto and after terrorists’ attacks in Kenya. “The whole world is at war”. “There will be lights, there will be parties, bright trees, even Nativity scenes, all decked out, while the world continues to wage war”, the Pope said.
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“Most important of all, he should influence the church to accept us because the church says being gay is wrong”, another activist who only gave his name as Abdul told Reuters.
“Your dear country has for too always been affected by a violent situation and by insecurity of which many of you have been innocent victims”, the Pope said.
A church that does not remain faithful to her “widowhood” and her beloved whom she awaits is “the lukewarm church, the mediocre church, the worldly church” because it seeks security and stability in something other than God, he said. He has called for a Catholic Church that is more tolerant and welcoming for those on the margins, including gays.
The pine will be decorated before the Vatican’s Holy Year begins on December 8, with Christmas ornaments made by cancer-afflicted children from all over Italy. “I hope with all my heart that my visit may contribute, in one way or another, to alleviate your wounds and to favor conditions for a better, more serene future for Central Africa and all its inhabitants”. The pope is likely to hark back to his bishops in speaking out against “ideological colonization”, a term for attempts by the West to encourage policies including contraception in developing countries, often as a state for development aid.
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Ugandan visitors look at moulded impressions of the Uganda Martyrs, who were murdered between 1885 and 1887 on the orders of a local king eager to thwart the influence of Christianity, at a shrine for them that Pope Francis is expected to visit later in the week, at Namugongo, a suburb in the east of Kampala, in Uganda Monday, November 23, 2015.
