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born 1945

Robert Cardinal Sarah (born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean Cardinal Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed as Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Francis on 23 November 2014.

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Gender ideology is a Luciferian refusal to receive a sexual nature from God.

Distraction is the devil’s tool for cutting man off from God.

At the heart of man there is an innate silence, for God abides in the innermost part of every person.

The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise (2017)

All human life is a struggle against the shackles of evil, against the slavery of sin, in order to regain true freedom.

God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (2015)

Baptized persons have the duty to believe not only with their heart but also with their intellect.

God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (2015)

Africa could become the spearhead of the Church in its opposition to Western decadence

The Church is not a human organization. She is not subject to the fashions of the day or the winds of doctrine. She must be faithful to Christ.

Unfortunately, it is easier to destroy a country than to re-build it.

God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (2015)

I don't know who, in the space of three months of taking power, led you to make two decisions of enormous gravity that have reopened great wounds in the hearts of many Guineans.

In my life, God has done everything; all I have wanted to do is pray. I am sure that the red of my cardinalate is truly a reflection of the blood of the suffering of the missionaries.

All migrants who arrive in Europe are penniless, without work, without dignity. This is what the Church wants? The Church cannot cooperate with this new form of slavery that has become mass migration.

Many expect, as something normal, that God should pour out his mercy on them while they remain in sin...

God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (2015)

After his encounter with Jesus, a real Christian changes his conduct.

God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (2015)

When he drapes himself in silence, as God himself dwells in a great silence, man is close to heaven, or, rather, he allows God to manifest himself in him.

The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise (2017)

Two millennia ago, the apostles followed Christ. They left everything, and their lives were never again the same. The path taken by the apostles is still a model today.

God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (2015)

We bishops ought to tremble at the thought of our guilty silences, our complicit silences, our over-indulgent silences in dealing with the world.

The Day Is Now Far Spent (2019)

On the question of marriage, there is a gulf between some people and the Church. The question, therefore, becomes quite simple: Must the world change its attitude, or must the Church change her fidelity to God?

God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (2015)

We all must march to the same drum as Christ. The Church is reformed when the baptized march more resolutely toward holiness, allowing themselves to be recreated in the likeness of God by the power of the Holy Spirit.

God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (2015)

Sin blurs man's face. Now Christ came not only to save mankind but also to repair what sin had broken, to snatch man away from everything that disfigures him, so as to restore to human destiny all its breadth and fulfillment.

God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (2015)

Mass is the salvific sacrifice, not a fraternal meal.

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