Letter of the week
Prosperity, poverty and the Gospel
SIR – The Catholic Prosperity Gospel is not something new (Cover story, November 30). An aspect of missionary work is to prepare a generous church largely able to support itself. Certainty I speak about money, but once or twice a year is enough.
It’s a good two dozen years since a Nigerian Augustinian explained that Africans don’t feel they’ve worshipped unless they’ve made a donation. But leadership by example is lacking: I’ve joined many African priests in their worship. Rarely did any donate a single small coin.
