In a hard-hit­ting homi­ly, Ro­man Catholic parish priest Fr David Khan is­sued a fer­vent call for sin­cer­i­ty and truth­ful­ness, de­nounc­ing the preva­lence of de­ceit among politi­cians and Chris­t­ian lead­ers.

De­liv­er­ing the Cor­pus Christi ser­mon at Our La­dy of Per­pet­u­al Help Ro­man Catholic Church in San Fer­nan­do yes­ter­day, Fr Khan de­clared, “Too many Chris­t­ian lead­ers are liars.”

He im­plored parish­ioners to em­brace au­then­tic­i­ty and hon­esty in their faith, urg­ing them to en­gage in self-re­flec­tion.

Fr Khan al­so ad­mon­ished those who mere­ly pay lip ser­vice to Catholi­cism, us­ing it as a means to se­cure priv­i­leges such as ad­mis­sion to Catholic schools for their chil­dren.

“Ethics are se­vere­ly lack­ing. Peo­ple have to be­come the best ver­sion of them­selves,” he said.

High­light­ing the role of so­cial me­dia in ex­pos­ing false­hoods, Fr Khan cas­ti­gat­ed politi­cians and lead­ers for their du­plic­i­ty, stat­ing, “Politi­cians, var­i­ous lead­ers say things to us, and it is record­ed. And af­ter they say they nev­er said it. When you play the record­ing, they damn lie!”

He added, “We all need heal­ing in our own land, in our own lives. The great­est heal­ing is for us to be­come like Christ and be a re­flec­tion of Christ.”

Fr Khan al­so sent a mes­sage for all jour­nal­ists to be re­spon­si­ble. “Your speak­ing is frozen in writ­ten words. Are you mak­ing a sit­u­a­tion bet­ter or worse? You can cor­rect, point out er­rors, and flaws. But what are you do­ing?” he asked.

He con­tin­ued, “Thank God for so­cial me­dia to­day. We have too many Chris­t­ian lead­ers who are liars. They are lead­ing us down a road of de­struc­tion. We have many peo­ple who say they are for Christ, but ac­tions speak loud­er than words. They say it, but ac­tions do not re­flect they are for Christ.”

Fr Khan called on jour­nal­ists to con­tin­ue to point out the er­rors of the lead­ers.

“We have to do self-in­tro­spec­tion and ask your­self, will you be­come like Christ?” he said.

He al­so ad­dressed the youngest mem­bers of the con­gre­ga­tion, the First Com­mu­nion Chil­dren, em­pha­sis­ing the sig­nif­i­cance of their jour­ney in be­com­ing re­flec­tions of Christ’s love and au­then­tic­i­ty.

He cau­tioned against the hypocrisy of those who pro­fess al­le­giance to Christ while their ac­tions be­tray their words.

Fol­low­ing the church ser­vice, the parish­ioners par­tic­i­pat­ed in a pro­ces­sion through the streets of San Fer­nan­do.