Pope tells bishops to resist individualism
Mar 09, 2010
POPE Benedict XVI has urged the Ugandan Catholic bishops to be strong in renewing evangelisation and to resist the seduction of the materialistic culture of individualism.
By Vision Reporter
POPE Benedict XVI has urged the Ugandan Catholic bishops to be strong in renewing evangelisation and to resist the seduction of the materialistic culture of individualism.
The Pope met with the bishops on Friday in the Vatican on the occasion of their ad limina visit to the Holy See, according to the online Catholic News Agency.
Catholic bishops are required to visit the Pope and give him an account of developments in their dioceses every five years. This is what is called an ad limina visit.
The head of the Ugandan Episcopal Conference, Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya, briefed the Pope, saying that the Catholic Church in Uganda faced many challenges in meeting the spiritual, pastoral and material needs of its people.
The Pope urged the bishops to help the nation’s Catholics to resist materialism and individualism, which, he said, had taken root in many countries.
Addressing the violence that has plagued the north-eastern region of the country for two decades, the Pope asked them to promote “lasting peace based on justice, generosity towards those in need and a spirit of dialogue and reconciliation.â€
The Pope also encouraged the bishops to renew evangelisation efforts.
POPE Benedict XVI has urged the Ugandan Catholic bishops to be strong in renewing evangelisation and to resist the seduction of the materialistic culture of individualism.
The Pope met with the bishops on Friday in the Vatican on the occasion of their ad limina visit to the Holy See, according to the online Catholic News Agency.
Catholic bishops are required to visit the Pope and give him an account of developments in their dioceses every five years. This is what is called an ad limina visit.
The head of the Ugandan Episcopal Conference, Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya, briefed the Pope, saying that the Catholic Church in Uganda faced many challenges in meeting the spiritual, pastoral and material needs of its people.
The Pope urged the bishops to help the nation’s Catholics to resist materialism and individualism, which, he said, had taken root in many countries.
Addressing the violence that has plagued the north-eastern region of the country for two decades, the Pope asked them to promote “lasting peace based on justice, generosity towards those in need and a spirit of dialogue and reconciliation.â€
The Pope also encouraged the bishops to renew evangelisation efforts.