Luanda (Fides Service) - "The Church knows the path to peace, which is not merely absence of war, it is violence removed from the hearts of men. Unless its people become men of peace, Angola will never be a land of peace". Cardinal Sepe said this on Sunday 27 October during his homily at a solemn concelebration of the Eucharist in Luanda Cathedral with the bishops of Angola and Sao Tome. The Mass was to thank God for the Peace agreement signed on April 4 this year which put an end to long years of civil war. The Cardinal encouraged the people to work for peace "the future of your country depends on your attitude and your commitment for peace." He urged the Bishops and clergy to be tireless in their service to witnessing and proclaiming the Good News". He asked Religious to "live consecration to God in sincere unconditioned service of your brothers and sisters". The Cardinal told young people "not to waste their energies on following false idols. But to strive to live the true vales of justice and honesty and purity". Speaking lastly to Angolan families, the Cardinal reminded them that the family is "called to be a hearth of love, a domestic church and a school of Christian life, and he urged them to protect this shrine of life". Cardinal Sepe is in Angola until tomorrow, 29 October. See complete text of homily in Portuguese: www.fides.org. (MR) (Fides Service 28/10/2002)