YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Archbishop Hubertus van Megen, the Vatican representative in Kenya, blames the receding Church in Europe on the continent’s move towards secularism, noting that "the teachings of Western society on abortion, euthanasia, gender theory, are clear symptoms of a society that has lost its inner compass and is helplessly floating on the tempestuous sea of human desires, shaken and weakened in every respect”.

The archbishop made the statement on May 25 during the episcopal consecration of Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei, the new auxiliary of Kenya’s Diocese of Eldoret.