Pope condemns sorcery, urges Angolans to reach out

Pope Benedict XVI today appealed to the people of largely Catholic Angola to reach out to and convert believers in witchcraft who feel threatened by “spirits” and “evil powers” of sorcery.

Continuing his first pilgrimage to Africa, the Pope drew on the more than 500 years of Roman Catholicism in Angola, saying that Christianity was a bridge between the local peoples and the Portuguese settlers.