In providing a picture of the Church in Africa, card. Pengo stated that "the Churches are full on a Sunday", the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist are widely attended, and calls to priesthood and religious life "abound": unfortunately, not all applicants can find a place in the institutes "which are often full up"; add to this "the more serious problem of finding an appropriate number of trainers" who may be up to the situation. "The lack of suitable trainers warned the cardinal might lead to a shallow form of evangelisation" and the efforts made to imbue faith "might often mean going back to non-Christian faiths and practices". In addition, the political, economic and social situation of many countries "is far from acceptable"; hence "the great temptation" for priests and religious missionaries "to leave the African Church to its own devices" and spend their "energies for the European Churches". In this case, concluded card. Pengo, "true evangelisation is impaired in two ways. On the African side, the young Churches of Africa are deprived of the best agents of evangelisation", while "the African missionaries’ aim to look for economic profit and social wellbeing" will make them "impair the message of the Gospel that Europe longs for".” ” ” “
