-Pope Francis Passes Away – Bishop Matthew Kukah Pays Tribute
Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, says the world will miss a genuine leader very loving and caring man, as Pope Francis passes away.
You would recall that the Pope passed away at 88, on Monday.
Bishop Kukah, in a tribute to the late Catholic Church leader, said the late Pope Francis set Jesus free from the walls erected by those Christians who sought to imprison him in cages of dogma by exploiting the message of liberation.
“In life, Pope Francis stood with the weak and the poor. He called attention to the threats posed by the environmental exploitation of mother earth.
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“In 2015, he published his earth breaking encyclical, Laudato Si (On Care of our common home), calling attention to the threats posed by environmental exploitation by the powerful. He was an honest, caring, loving man who placed emphasis on our common humanity.
“He called the world’s attention towards the need to raise the bar on friendship, brotherhood, sisterhood, and collaboration. He developed a friendship with the Chief Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, which led to the publication in 2020 of his most readable encyclical, Fratelli Tutti (All Brothers/Sisters).
“He had laid down his pastoral roadmap very early in his papacy with the first encyclical titled Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) in 2013,” Kukah said.
