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By Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Abuja
05 May 2024 | 2:55 americium
The Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has urged Nigerians to clasp genuine interfaith dialog for a sustainable peace, unity and improvement successful the country.
The Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has urged Nigerians to clasp genuine interfaith dialog for a sustainable peace, unity and improvement successful the country.
Speaking astatine the graduation of the 280 2024 Fellows of the Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace (COFP) yesterday successful Abuja, the cleric lamented that the ineffable realm of religion successful the state has been influenced for selfish gains thereby tarnishing its existent essence.
Onaiyekan, who stressed the request to reclaim religion from those who misuse and maltreatment it for idiosyncratic gains, insisted that Nigerians indispensable alteration religion into a formidable unit for bully successful their communities, federation and continent.
He noted that the Foundation’s ngo is to champion bid and justness done the almighty conduit of interfaith collaboration, adding that the Fellows person been afloat equipped to elevate, heighten and broaden their roles arsenic bid makers and religion leaders successful the state and beyond.
He added: “We request to tirelessly strive for bid and harmony crossed the land.”
Earlier, the Executive Director of the Foundation, Rev. Sister Agatha Chikelue, stated that 2023 witnessed a surge successful struggle crossed regions resulting successful the interior displacement of galore radical and forcing radical to question refuge successful neighbouring countries.
She observed that it has go progressively evident that accepted approaches are insufficient successful addressing the complexities of the modern world, stressing that the instauration since the past six years has been moving towards the restoration of spot successful the country.
She noted that the 280 Fellows from 16 countries successful Africa, who are adherents from assorted sects, person been provided with skills aimed astatine mitigating extremist tendencies and person go emissaries of peace, having undergone broad grooming successful inter-religious dialogue, struggle absorption and mediation.
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The Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has urged Nigerians to clasp genuine interfaith dialog for a sustainable peace, unity and improvement successful the country.
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