This is good to see, in a way. When I was still in the RCC, living in Oregon (a very 'white' state), I observed that the most reverent, serious, and committed Catholics at any given Mass were always the Africans (and also the RCC was one place of very few in the area where you virtually guaranteed to meet people of every race under one roof, which is beautiful). There was the wonderful man from Tanzania who taught Swahili at the local university (he saw me once in the library watching a video on Byzantine Catholicism, and tapped me on the shoulder; I took off the listening headphones and he said, excitedly, "You are Catholic?" "Yes...?" "Glory be to God! I am Catholic, too! My brother!" and gave me a big hug...I was very confused, because the library was usually a very quiet place, but he was so very kind and loving whenever I saw him from then on), a group of young women from Togo, and so on. All very pious, keeping their heads covered while in Church (as it was in my grandmother's day! Ooof!), giving enthusiastic responses to everything, etc. I imagine from that that to have an African priest would be a blessing to any U.S.-based congregation. May the Lord grant it, if it be His will.
