Priesthood is a revered calling in the Catholic Church. Some priests have risen through the ranks to the position of cardinals – priests of the highest rank in the Roman Catholic Church.
It wasn’t a rollercoaster ride when he decided to be a priest because he faced opposition from his father, who preferred him to be an engineer or a doctor.
“Could it be the case, as some have been suggesting, that the arms they used to terrify political opponents are what they now use to traumatise Nigerians? Innocent lives are lost every day. There is bloodshed in our land. The psyche of the average Nigerian is subjected to torture. Our children are being abducted at school. Their abduction represents the future of Nigeria. Nigeria is in dire need of responsible, accountable and competent leadership.
He attended the final session of the Second Vatican Council in 1965 and was made an archbishop on June 26, 1967. Between 1979 and 1984, he was the President of the Nigerian Bishops Conference. In April 1984, Pope John Paul II appointed him as the pro-president of the Secretariat for Non-Christians, later renamed the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He resigned from his post in Onitsha on March 9, 1985.
He has received honorary degrees from several universities globally, including the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, in 1986; Wake Forest University, United States of America, 1999; Catholic University of Manila, Philippines, 2001; and Seton Hall University, United States of America, 2005.In September 2014, he spoke against materialism in the church, adding that the proliferation of religious bodies was not God’s will.
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