The editor of the German bishops’ website has said the Church is growing in Africa because of a lack of education and because Africans have little else.
Björn Odendahl said this on Katholisch.de in an article entitled “The Romantic, Poor Church”.
“Of course the Church is growing there. It grows because the people are socially dependent and often have nothing else but their faith,” he wrote.
“It grows because the educational situation there is on average at a rather low level and the people accept simple answers to difficult questions [of faith].
“Answers like those that Cardinal Sarah of Guinea provides.”