Confronting workplace injustice part of Christian mission, Nigerian bishop says

ABUJA, Nigeria — Christians must confront injustice in their workplaces and professions as part of their responsibility to bear witness to Jesus Christ, Nigerian Bishop Sylvester Luka Gopep has said.

“If there is injustice in your workplace and you are there and you cannot confront it, you have failed as a missionary,” Gopep said in an interview with ACI Africa, the sister service of EWTN News in Africa, during a celebration marking the centenary of World Mission Day , organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria on Oct. 18.

The auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Minna urged Christians to regard their workplaces and places of residence as territories for evangelization, saying their conduct should reflect Gospel values.

“The teacher must evangelize the classroom. The doctor must evangelize the hospital. The lawyer must evangelize the practice of law. The businessperson must evangelize the marketplace. The politician must evangelize politics with sincerity, justice, truth, and the common good in public life,” he said.

Gopep challenged Catholics to examine their conduct, saying corruption, cheating, insincerity, and other forms of injustice contradict the…