Nnadiebube Journal of Religion, Culture and Society

The Mission of Christ the Redeemer (Redemptoris Missio) is for the total salvation of every human person and the whole of human race from the darkness of error through different powers of evil, bondage of Sin and manacles of sickness. The Church as the Sacrament of Salvation, through her Sacraments and Ministers, in many of her pastoral engagements continue with this sole and singular mission of her founder, that is, total salus animarum so that we may have life and have it in abundance (cf. Jn.10:10ff). The human society, however, in spite of all that have been accomplished by Christ, the Redeemer, is ever ridiculed with the confusing hard realities of life like sickness, sin, demonic attacks, old errors, human aberrations and even death. Pastoral care, therefore, becomes more meaningful amidst all these seeming hopelessness and near faithlessness. Using the method of critical appraisal, the researcher finds out that with lively faith and sustained hope, the pastoral ministry of the Church continues against every power of sickness and manipulations of the evil one till Christ comes.

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