On Death Anniversary, Angola’s First Cardinal Remembered as “contemplative, silent man”

I assisted him as a Deacon at the ordination of Canon Anteiro, who in turn was the assisting Deacon at my Priestly Ordination. I owe much of my ministerial history to him,” Bishop Jaca shared. The Catholic Church leader noted that the late Cardinal’s courage came not from confrontation, but from prayer. Bishop Jaca also highlighted the late Cardinal’s Marian devotion, saying, “He frequently turned to her, especially to Our Lady of the Conception of Muxima, to whom he was a fervent devotee. He was a contemplative, like Saint Dominic and Saint Jerome, whose memory we celebrate today.”