Benton, Joshua,
African Priests Want to Fill Need--If Americans Let Them. Joshua Benton. - Dallas Morning News, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 36, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: African Priests Want to Fill Need--If Americans Let Them, May 25, 2005; pp. n.p..
"For generations of Nigerians, 'missionary' was a synonym for 'Irishman.' Thousands of Irish Catholics left Europe for the wilds of Africa, braving heat and disease to bring the message of Christ to heathen animists. But today's missionaries are working in the opposite direction. They're native Nigerians who talk about healing the secular sickness of the West. And these Catholic Africans are crossing the oceans in unprecedented numbers to return the favor Western missionaries once paid them." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article examines how despite priest shortages in many emerging countries with an exploding Catholic population, many priests from Africa are coming to the U.S.
1522-3256;
Catholic Church--Africa
Missionaries
Priests
Seminarians
AC1.S5
050
African Priests Want to Fill Need--If Americans Let Them. Joshua Benton. - Dallas Morning News, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 36, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: African Priests Want to Fill Need--If Americans Let Them, May 25, 2005; pp. n.p..
"For generations of Nigerians, 'missionary' was a synonym for 'Irishman.' Thousands of Irish Catholics left Europe for the wilds of Africa, braving heat and disease to bring the message of Christ to heathen animists. But today's missionaries are working in the opposite direction. They're native Nigerians who talk about healing the secular sickness of the West. And these Catholic Africans are crossing the oceans in unprecedented numbers to return the favor Western missionaries once paid them." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article examines how despite priest shortages in many emerging countries with an exploding Catholic population, many priests from Africa are coming to the U.S.
1522-3256;
Catholic Church--Africa
Missionaries
Priests
Seminarians
AC1.S5
050