By Emmanuel Uzodinma The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga has imposed a ban on Rev. Fr. Mbaka’s Adoration Min...
By Emmanuel Uzodinma
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga
has imposed a ban on Rev. Fr. Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry.
DAILY POST reports that this is coming on the heels of
Mbaka’s outburst against a Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour
Party.
The priest had declared that Obi, who he described as “a
stingy man”, would never rule Nigeria.
This did not go down well with many Nigerians, who demanded
that appropriate sanctions should be meted on him.
In a letter he personally signed, addressed to ‘All the
Clery, Religious and Lay Faithful in the Catholic Diocese of Enugu’, Bishop
Onaga has now banned them from having anything to do with the Adoration
Ministry.
He said in the letter that, “in the light of the happenings
in the Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy Enugu, capable of undermining the
Catholic faith and teachings and after several fraternal corrections and
admonitions to Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, the Chaplain of the Ministry and after
having given him pastoral directives and guidelines for the Ministry
Chaplaincy, which he persistently violated and in fulfilment of my pastoral
duties as the Chief Shepherd with the obligation to promote and safeguard the
Catholic faith and morals in Enugu Diocese, I hereby prohibit all Catholics
(clergy, religious and lay faithful) henceforth from attending all religious
and liturgical activities of the Catholic Adoration Ministry until the due
canonical process initiated by the Diocese is concluded.
“My decision is based on the fact that some of the teachings
and utterances of Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka at the Catholic Adoration Ministry
are not consistent with the teachings and faith of the Catholic Church.”
Bishop Onaga enjoined “all Christian faithful to keep
praying for Fr. Mbaka.”
DAILY POST reports that this is not the first time Fr. Mbaka
is facing sanctions in recent times.
The Diocesan authority had last year, after placing his
activities on hold for a month, also converted the adoration ministry to
chaplaincy. He was then asked to keep off politics.
But he quickly maintained that no one could stop him from
speaking.
“Those who think Mbaka will be quiet, you are wasting your
time,” he had said last year in reaction to the ban placed on him from
commenting on political activities.
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