Why Pope Francis' visit was an eye-opener

Pope Francis is as a humble servant of God in a world full of pomposity, greed and exploitation.

His visit to Kenya has elicited some deep feelings about the poor, the environment and the dangers the world faces today amid our own human iniquities.

Being a Catholic, the visit was also significant to me in terms of deepening my faith and finding areas of improvement.

Nonetheless, it is also a time to reflect and evaluate why as human beings we have so many problems, some increasing in dimension. Is it that though endowed intellectually, we are still accustomed to doing evil? From my religious understanding, the human heart is evil and it is only by God’s grace that we live in harmony with self and nature.

There are great lessons to learn from Pope Francis. Key among them is that as human, we are not perfect but we should seek to reflect the true word of God.

From the Pope’s mannerisms of travel, association and preaching, the true word of God is that we are supposed to be humble, honest, and good to others and the environment.

Pride comes before a fall and human beings, especially our leaders, rarely learn this truism. We need to stop the excesses.