The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Reverend Ignatius Kaigama has stressed the need to change out value systems in order to see the change we crave in our country Nigeria.
The Archbishop made the call in his sermon on Pentecost Sunday in Abuja.He cited the many ills at different levels in the society which by extension are telling on Nigeria as a country.
“Today, it is easy to swear an affidavit to
change one’s age, whether for a football career, NYSC purposes, or for getting a job.
Our abusive language and lack of respect for one another especially in the social
media is to say the least, unafrican. White lies are told as if they don’t matter.
Someone is telephoning from the back of his house but says he is just arriving
Lagos! Parents fight dirty with school authorities in defence of their children who
were perhaps justifiably punished for an offence. Regrettably, we are losing the
value of life and the dignity of the human person as evidenced by the frequent
kidnappings and killings such as in the
Ferrer’s Catholic Church, Malumfashi, Katsina State, and the gruesome murder of its
young and newly appointed Parish Priest, Rev Fr. Alphonsus Bello and the kidnap of
the elderly Fr. Joe Keke”.
He prayed for the Holy spirit to liberate Nigerians from the causes of our backwardness.
“We adhere a lot to religious rules, customs, traditions and dwell
so much on religious externalities, but lack the practice of religion that should
liberate us Nigerian Christians and Muslims from our religious and ethnic prejudices
that have held us in severe bondage and retarded us from genuine growth and development”
Pentecost Sunday is celebrated worldwide as the birth of the church by the out pouring of the Holy spirit on the disciples.
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