Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, says the world would miss a true leader, an extremely compassionate and caring guy, when Pope Francis passes away.
As you may remember, the Pope died on Monday at the age of 88.
In an homage to the late leader of the Catholic Church, Bishop Kukah claimed that by utilizing the message of freedom, the late Pope Francis freed Jesus from the barriers put up by Christians who wanted to confine him to cages of dogma.
“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.
“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,” accordind to Kukah.
