By Jonathan Liedl, National Catholic Register, August 28, 2024
Jonathan Liedl is senior editor for the Register. His background includes state Catholic conference work, three years of seminary formation, and tutoring at a university Christian study center. …
Church leaders tell the Register that rogue NGOs and recruitment into sex parties are among the ways Western entities are imposing LGBTQ ‘proselytization’ in Africa.
The West used to send Africa the Gospel. Now, African Church leaders are warning that Western nations and individuals are spreading a far different message throughout the continent, in what they describe as a warped form of proselytization.
From Kenya to Cameroon, Ghana to Tanzania, local archbishops tell the Register that Western aid workers, government officials and even tourists are advancing secular understandings of sexuality and the human person that are incompatible not merely with African cultural values, but with the timeless teachings of the Catholic faith. …