Nigeria’s Catholic bishops have early this month, December, paid a solidarity visit to Miango Chiefdom of Bassa local Government area of Plateau State, following a reported eruption of a serious tribal conflict in the locality.
The reported tribal conflict of November 26 was reported to have resulted the killing of eleven people, scores of others injured and a number of houses razed down.
Reporting on the issue, Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper said the pastoral delegation was led by Archbishop Matthew Ishya Audu on behalf of Nigeria Catholic Bishops’ Episcopal Conference.
The newspaper reported Archbishop Audu as explaining that the solidarity visit was aimed to show solidarity and identify with the people at their moment of grief.
“We are here on behalf of the entire Catholic community on the Plateau, that is Jos Archdiocese, Pankshin and Shendam Dioceses, to first commiserate with all of you over the recent happenings,” Archbishop Audu said.
And he added: “We are here to tell you that you are not alone and to also show solidarity, love and identify with you all.”
Nigeria has had a portion of reported cases of tribal conflicts among its many tribal communities that have resulted the killings of people, others injured and equally the razing down houses.
*The Catholic Bishops in Ghana are on the same line with the country’s Parliament as far as issues pertaining to homosexuality is concerned.
In November this year for example wrote the Catholic bishops in the county and under the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference wrote to the Ghanaian parliament expressing their support of a bill that seeks to criminalise homosexual practices in the country.
In their statement, the bishops described homosexual practices such as marriage between people of the same sex as “abominable”, emphasising that the acts have no place in the country.
“We, the Catholic Bishops of Ghana, write in support of the draft Bill presented to Parliament to make homosexual practices illegal in Ghana,” said the Bishops in their statement.
The prelates added: “Our voice needs to be heard on this matter not only because, in our view, it is morally unacceptable but also because according to the 2010 population census, the Catholic Church in Ghana constitutes a sizeable percentage of the population, that is, about 13.1 per cent of the population of Ghana... As a Church, we want this abominable practice made illegal in our country.”
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