00:00Let's go now with Sue Cameroon live as Pope Leo XIV is holding a Holy Mass at the Bameda International
00:09Airport. Let's listen.
00:10These include the numerous forms of poverty, which even recently have affected so many people amidst an ongoing food crisis.
00:22There is moral, social, and political corruption seen above all in the management of wealth, which hinders the development of
00:34institutions and infrastructure.
00:36We see also the serious problems affecting the education and healthcare systems, as well as large-scale migration to foreign
00:49countries, particularly of young people.
00:54Added to these internal problems, which are often fueled by hatred and violence, is the damage caused from outside by
01:09those who, in the name of profit, continue to lay their hands on the African continent to exploit and plunder
01:19it.
01:19All of this can make us feel powerless and diminish our confidence.
01:27Yet this is the moment to change, to transform the story of this country.
01:34The time has come, today and not tomorrow, now and not in the future, to restore the mosaic of unity
01:49by bringing together the diversity and riches of the country and the continent.
01:57In this way, it will be possible to create a society in which peace and reconciliation reign.
02:13It is true that when a situation remains the same for some time, there is a risk of giving in
02:22to resignation and helplessness, because we expect nothing new.
02:28Yet the word of the Lord opens up new possibilities and brings about transformation and healing.
02:39It is capable of stirring our hearts, of challenging the normal course of events to which we so easily risk
02:48becoming accustomed, and of making us active agents of change.
02:55Let us remember this.
02:58God is newness.
03:00God creates new things.
03:03God makes us courageous people who, by confronting evil, build up the good.
03:12We see this in the witness of the apostles, as we heard in the first reading.
03:18While the authorities of the Sanhedrin interrogate the apostles, rebuking and threatening them because they are publicly proclaiming Christ,
03:31they reply,
03:33We must obey God rather than any human authority.
03:39The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.
03:49The courage of the apostles becomes a voice of conscience, a prophecy, a denunciation of evil.
03:58And this is the first step toward changing things.
04:03In fact, obeying God is not an act of submission that oppresses us or nullifies our freedom.
04:14On the contrary, obedience to God sets us free because it means entrusting our lives to him and allowing his
04:27word to inspire our way of thinking and acting.
04:32Thus, as we heard in the gospel, which recounts the final part of the dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus,
04:43The one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things.
04:50The one who comes from heaven is above all.
04:55Those who obey God rather than human beings and earthly ways of thinking rediscover their inner freedom,
05:06succeed in discovering the value of goodness, and do not resign themselves to evil.
05:14They find anew their way in life and become builders of peace and fraternity.
05:22Brothers and sisters, consolation for broken hearts and hope for change in society are possible if we entrust ourselves to
05:36God and God's word.
05:38We must, however, always keep the apostle Peter's exhortation in our hearts and bring it to mind.
05:48Obey God, not human beings.
05:56Obey God, not human beings.
06:20Obey God, not human beings as WE are more.
06:21stop of his apostolic journey through africa
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