The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has called on
Catholic authorities in Nigeria to caution their priests who convert pulpits to
campaign grounds.
The Governor said the church prelates should use the
conference opportunity to reaffirm the church’s neutrality.
Uzodinma gave the advice on Sunday while speaking at the
opening ceremony of the second plenary of the 2022 Catholic Bishops’ Conference
of Nigeria held in Orlu, Imo State.
He said it was wrong for some clergy members to turn the
pulpit into a soap box for campaigns for their preferred candidates or parties.
“I wholly understand that priests have the right and duty to
hold our leaders and governments accountable, and nobody will ever stop a
priest from condemning the ills in the society, including bad governance and
corruption.
“It is important that you reaffirm the church’s neutrality
on political matters and, thereafter, caution the priests not to dabble into
partisan politics,” he said.
He further noted that the church would have lost its moral
authority to pontificate if it dragged itself into partisan politics.
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