Isidore de Souza

"The great vitality of the African Churches is a motive for joy and action of grace. However, there are some signs of worry: passage to the sects, if not foundation of the sects, return and recourse to ancestral practices without discernment in moments of crisis. Evangelisation has not been able to make us discover truly the identity of the Christian being, nor attain the level of depth which is in authentic anthropological inculturation."

"You know well that Archbishop de Sousa was a friend of the truth and that he played a decisive role in your country's transition to democracy."

"I am pleased that, in the figure of Archbishop Isidore de Souza, the Church has contributed to a change of course towards democracy in our country."