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The celebration of Easter was marked in Cameroon by the death of Cardinal Christian Tumi on Saturday, April 3. The believers were moved the day after the man of this important church for the country.
as reported from Yaoundé, Polycarp Essomba
It’s an Easter Sunday like no other in Yaoundé. Despite the celebration of the rebirth of Christ, impossible for Jean Martin, the cathedral of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, not to have a moved thought for Cardinal Christian Tumi“We have regrets. For the Church, this is really a great loss. You know, he has done so much for Cameroon and for Africa. And besides, he is our first cardinal. We only have tears,” he said.
Involved in Cameroon politics
More than a churchman, he was also a man of conviction, whose positions have often embarrassed power. This is the legacy that the prelate leaves for posterity, Antonin Siga believes. He stood by the exaggerations of the pastors of the Church who sometimes befriend those in power. He was free to think. On the problems with NoSo [crise sécessionniste anglophone dans le Nord-Ouest et le Sud-Ouest du Cameroun, ndlr], he said correctly. “
For this Christian, the cardinal’s death in the middle of Easter week is also a symbol: “The fact that he dies during Holy Week, that says it all. The choice made to become a cardinal was not trivial. ”
For all these Christians and more generally for all Cameroonians, with the man of this Church, Cameroon has just lost one of its greatest voices, but also one of its greatest moral authorities.
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