The Bishops of Africa and Asia are more faithful? They live in a cesspool of superstition, where homosexuals are imprisoned, or murdered, and children are accused of witchcraft and then abandoned [at best] and albinos are hunted to support superstitious practices!
Have you read anything...
Metaphorically speaking one can say Jesus died because of sin in the world, and showed us the way out of sin by forgiving his persecutors.
In the same way, one can say MLKJ died because of the sin of racism, and showed us the way out of racism by loving those who hated him.