Pope Leo has warned Catholics in Africa against blending the Faith with non-Christian beliefs, cautioning that such practices risk distorting Catholic teaching, as he celebrated Mass in Bamenda during his apostolic visit to Cameroon.
Preaching on April 16 before a congregation of around 20,000 people gathered at Bamenda airport, the Pope said the Christian life “calls us to be vigilant, even regarding our own religious practices, so as not to fall into the trap of mixing the Catholic faith with other beliefs and traditions of an esoteric or Gnostic nature”.
