5ce4d21e83bc5_600 — About 2,000 Catholics attend a memorial service on May 20 to remember those who died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. The service too place in Tang Kok, Kompong Thom province, about 100 kilometers from the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. (Photo by Kagna Keo)

Missionaries told to ‘go deeper’ into Cambodian culture

Day of rememberance honors all those who suffered and died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge.

May 23, 2019

Catholic missionaries in Cambodia have been told to “delve deeper” into Cambodian culture and not bring their own culture to the communities they serve.

This was the call made by Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, during a day of remembrance on May 20 for victims of the Khmer Rouge.

“Let us be servants in the manner of Jesus and follow him with all our heart,” said the prelate in his homily.

In full: https://www.ucanews.com/news/missionaries-told-to-go-deeper-into-cambodia-culture/85241

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