4 April 2011
Luanda — The minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva, this Monday here praised the holding of the ecumenical cult aimed at praying and exhorting in favour of peace in Angola.
The minister expressed this at the end of the ecumenical cult of thanksgiving allusive to the ninth anniversary of peace and national reconciliation, marked this Monday (April 04).
According to Rosa Cruz e Silva, churches in Angola should continue praying for a permanent peace. “A joint effort of the government and of the church in order to reconcile Angolans”, she stressed.
To the official, the cult was also beneficial since it served to bless the work of the government and of the whole nation.
Particularily referring to the work of the church in Angola, Rosa Cruz e Silva stressed the missions of social action, retrieval of moral values and the support to the recognition of man, among other.
The event, which was attended by over 3,000 devotees from different religions, was held under the motto “Let us preserve peace and national unity”.
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