Posted on 02/08/2014 2:39:05 PM PST by BlatherNaut
Weeks after bravely supporting the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013, signed into law by his nation's president, the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Abp. Ignatius Kaigama, of Jos, once again shows himself to be one of the most assertive bishops alive, merely by defending what the Church has always defended:
The criticism of the position of the Catholic Church on abortion and other related immoral acts has been attributed to inherited prejudices of the critics and their ignorance of the beliefs and traditions of the Church. ... According to the Archbishop: The Catholic Church has been criticized over her stance on such issues as abortion, condom, homosexuality, cloning, stem cell research, etc. He however maintained that the Churchs principled views on key moral issues cannot be compromised.
The local ordinary of Jos further remarked: The Catholic Church is often judged by people who do not care to know what we really believe. Prejudices inherited from one generation to another have blinded critics of the Catholic Church so much that they cannot be objective about Catholic beliefs and traditions.
(Excerpt) Read more at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com ...
I’d like to think this Nigerian bishop speaks for the whole Christian world.
Such a contrast with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, whose policy is: “We support everything the Democratic Party supports, unless it would get us in trouble with Rome, like abortion or gay marriage.”
Wednesday, January 29th Fides , however, has broken the silence. And how? Giving relief to an editorial in Southern Cross, the weekly conference sponsored by the Catholic bishops of South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland.
The editorial raised by Fides claim that raise the voice of the Church in Africa against discriminatory laws and violence against homosexuals, many of whom are Catholics.
The above is Pope Francis' "collegiality" at it's finest!
Well said, Archbishop Kaigama!
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