Catholics nationwide have been told not to attend Rev. Fr. Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry located in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria.
This statement was made by the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga on Friday evening in Enugu. state.
This is connected to Fr. Mbaka’s outburst against a Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
Recall that Mbaka had given a message where he said Peter Obi can never be president because he’s too stingy.
In a letter he personally signed, addressed to ‘All the Clergy, Religious and Lay Faithful in the Catholic Diocese of Enugu’, Bishop Onaga banned them from having anything to do with the Adoration Ministry.
He said in the letter that Mbaka having refused to heed to the Church’s persistent directives, “and in fulfillment of my pastoral duties as the Chief Shepherd”, “I hereby prohibit all Catholics (clergy, religious and lay faithful) henceforth from attending all religious and liturgical activities of the Cathooic Adoration Ministry until the due canonical process initiated by the Diocese is concluded.”
While noting that his decision was based on the fact that Mbaka’s teaching and utterances were not consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church, he enjoined “all Christian faithful to keep praying for Fr. Mbaka.”
