By
Ikechukwu Amaechi
Let me say from the onset that I am very
distraught over the treatment meted out to the Catholic faithful in Ahiara
Diocese by Nigerian bishops. I am troubled because I am involved. The situation
in the diocese is the classical tinderbox in wait for a match. Why would
Nigerian bishops be the ones willing to spark the light?
I have resisted joining the fray, at least not
publicly, all these years because of two main reasons. First, I am aware that
in most faith-based issues, reason is a casualty and the Ahiara Bishopric saga
is no exception. Second, when it comes to Catholicism, I am old-fashioned, having
been brought up to believe that the clergy are God’s direct representatives on
earth who are beyond reproach. All things considered, that is illogical but as
Karl Marx would say, religion is an opium.
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| *Francis Cardinal Arinze |
