Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese has said the Catholic Church would oppose any endeavor by any priest to participate in ‘personality cult’ in the name of adoration.
Kaigama was responding to the controversy following the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka following his new remarks against Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate.
Mbaka had accused Obi for being stingy, thus can’t turn into Nigeria’s president in 2023.
The fiery-speaking priest, in any case, apologized for his comment following the controversy that resulted.
Responding, Kaigama encouraged Catholic priests to utilize their position of respect among devotees to guarantee unity, peace, and love among Nigerians.
Speaking in his homily at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Abuja, the Archbishop said: “Priests should not allow the Mass to become an occasion for drama, exaggerated inculturation or utterances that are purely political or mundane. People come to Jesus at Mass to get spiritually nourished by the word and the bread of life, and refreshed for the long, rough and tough journey to heaven.
“To this end, approved Catholic ‘adoration centres’ in Nigeria should really be for adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, not where to intimidate, manipulate and extort people or where a priest attempts to create a personality cult by careless and insensitive utterances and drama.”