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"Our age needs to rediscover awe. St Francis calls us back to awe - to surprise and amazement at how God is constantly taking the initiative in our regard. This is vital for those of us who live in a culture where nothing amazes us any more because everything is the product of human planning and organization. Humanity appears as the product of its own experimentations, leaving no room for surprise and novelty."

"A year of changed regime has brought neither social nor economic security, the situation is still precarious."

"Very early on, evangelization in this country took on different faces with different actors. But the first to walk the paths of our savannas and forests proclaiming the God News to our people were the catechists. They opened up the road of Evangelization."