Right: official Catholic church letter withdrawing from CAN
The Catholic Church of Nigeria yesterday temporarily withdrew its membership from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Their reason? That CAN under Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has been compromised. Also because of some uncouth statements by some Christian leaders, and the use of money in CAN elections and several court cases involving state chapters of CAN.
Spokesperson of the Church, Rev. Fr. Dr. Cornelius Omonokhua, said:
"You just can't save people who are drowning, if you are drowning with them. CAN is being dragged into partisan politics thereby compromising the ability to play its true role as conscience of the nation and the voice of the voiceless. We will be happy if CAN leadership can show moderation. Common sense dictates that they do that.”
The Catholic church said they would review their withdrawal from CAN after the annual meeting of the Conference of Bishops in February. See more after the cut...
Meanwhile CAN has reacted to CCN's withdrawal, calling it good riddance. A rep accused the Christian denomination of arrogance, saying they were merely angry because the presidency of the association had moved to another bloc of the group.
Spokesperson for the 19 Northern chapters of CAN, Sunny Oibe, told Punch:
“There are some certain elements in the leadership of CAN led by Cardinal John Onaiyekan because he lost CAN Presidency to Oritsejafor who has a lot of achievements. There is no need for anybody to lose sleep over the threat by Catholics to pull out of CAN because without them CAN will still continue. The constitution of CAN makes provision that membership can be terminated by any group that is misbehaving or any group can also terminate their membership.
“Why is it that when Catholics were in the leadership of CAN, every bloc supported them, but now because power has changed hands, they are threatening to pull out and causing confusion?
"They have been agitating that the Presidency of CAN must come from the South. They are appendage of PDP and PDP themselves. They are known for double standards. A man of God should not be double speaking.”
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~Janetty~
Hahahahhaahahahahahhahaahahahah.christians my ass!
Lmao! Christians tho!!! Everything na politics now! God dey sha.
the matter wey dey for ground e tay wey he start
It,s a welcome development. CAN led by Oritsejafor is now an arm of PDP. It is so politicized. The only concern of CAN of Oritsejafor is how to please the President and Governors and how to acquire private jets for their flamboyant lifestyles.
OBI NWOYE
But why is it dat Xianity lacks unity? Haba!!! Whts all dis nonsense toks about
Can can go 2 hell
It,s a welcome development. CAN led by Oritsejafor is now an arm of PDP. It is so politicized. The only concern of CAN of Oritsejafor is how to please the President and Governors and how to acquire private jets for their flamboyant lifestyles.
OBI NWOYE
What would Jesus do! He actually suffered for the unity of His body THE CHURCH! Please let the Bible be your guide meditate on it day and night. He who has ears let him hear Shalom
It,s a welcome development. CAN led by Oritsejafor is now an arm of PDP. It is so politicized. The only concern of CAN of Oritsejafor is how to please the President and Governors and how to acquire private jets for their flamboyant lifestyles.
OBI NWOYE
This is a big blow to christendom I must say. The catholic faith is the biggest christian faith in Nigeria and this is bad enough for the unity of the christian community. As a christian this is just like washing our dirty linens in public, I just pray this is resolved pretty soon because this is bad, I am not a catholic but I agree a bit with CCN on some grounds of things stated and I think CAN has some changes to conform to.
its only God dt can identify d true believer
Who cares??
yes catholic is right! CAN is now so corrupt. yes, corruption is everywhere but for a christian association to be part of it shamelessly? not good. i support the backing out 100percent
#proudly catholic#
Politics in church, God save ur pipo, see d unguarded words d northern CAN leader is using,is well, for me I suggest d dissolve of dat CAN, boko haram are mesmerising xtians and CAN is watching, I doubt woz d need of it. God is watching
Church business hs gone rouge!!! Politics n greed.... The essence of d association 'was' what again... La wa
I agree with them. The catholic church is not one to compromise issues. They saw that CAN wasn't heading the right way and they pulled out. I'm proud to be a catholic.
well. ayo oritsejafor is obviously doing a good job at bastardizing the xtian faith. d jesus piece on his neck, d private jet and i saw him the other day coming out of a bullet proof jeep with mobile policemen at transcorp hilton.... man of God indeed. may he rot in hell. oloshi fellow
Anybody that writes a comment against catholic church will rot in hell. All abuses back to sender a million folds.
Yes, I support the withdrawal. Catholic is catholic and that it should remain......yes, am proudly one *big smile*
Ndi nkewa .....
Christian leaders can't be united under 1 umbrella.if you split,must you publicise it?thereby turning the body of Christ to an object of ridicule to non-believers?
Where's the Love the bible teaches?How can we say we are representatives of God if all we do is make a mockery of what God stands for?
Even if these claims are true,the reaction of CCN,have they acted within the tenent of christianity?
Sad...
Funmi Obe
When the Central Bank Governor said all these political-patronizing religious-cultural organizations should be banned and disbanded, all of them started to cry, we shall gradually see the reality of his message, they use such organizations to deceive we followers, to secure our obedience as well as use us for political/economical gains, yet only them and their wards eventually share the benefits even of the organizations goodies, start from their elections to posts to the very expensive schools they built which none is for the benefit of the followers they should care for.
Catholic all d way.am proud to b a catholic
Standard. I'm not Catholic but this is commendable.
Who ever wrote this statement is really not a christain! For goodness sakes is CAN not a religious group! Has christianity deteorieted this much? If the catholics want out, must u say such heinious things about them.this people are sounding like PDP and CAN conflict
Dis is church matter,let dem handle it.Fidelity Bank is recruiting,check www.jobgoals.blogspot.com for details
looooool The things that come out of Nigeria.. Oritsejafor is from the North yeah? what is that fool talking about?
And even if the crap he said about Onaiyekan is true, the Catholic Church isnt moved by the sentiments of one man... They stand for the truth and do not play politics like the other christians of nigeria....
This Sunny Oibe or whatever should shut up abeg.What achievements?Private jet...maybe.
CAN is even more political than PDP.It's a good thing CCN left...i've always wondered what they are doing there.
Nonsense!
I saw that coming,it was long overdue. In our very eyes we saw CAN gradually assuming d state of a branch of political party.
Am not surprised,in as much as I find it quite appaling and unfortunate Instead of CAN spokesman attacking d issue raised,he choose to attack personnality. Instead of convincing the few Catholics who may not buy the idea of pulling away from CAN he choose to attack our Bonus Pastor Cardinal Olorunfemi Onaiyekan.
What is the place of CAN presidency in the issue raised?
Is Pastor Tunde Bakare also a priest of the Catholic church?
Was it a Catholic priest dat labelled CAN a branch of PDP.
And who is the CAN spokesman referring to as "They" is it John Cardinal Onaiyekan,who he claimed is agitating for CAN presidency,or every other Christian like my humble self who is a Catholic by birth,but a non denominational Christian in nature?
I weep for the body of Christ in Nigeria.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA3310
I totally agree with the decision of CCN to temporarily pull out of CAN.There has been a lot of negative criticism and political interference rocking the current head of CAN.I hope pastor Ayo Ortisejafor will take a moment and self examine himself and the events that have happened under his administration.
Even CAN is highly political now!
With the jamboree of acquiring worldly things being the order of the day,why won't the catholic church term them 'a drowning pple',cos they have lost focus!
Since the group isn't achieving their aim, the CCN withdrawal was a noble act.
Awon Iranse Olorun hummmmmm. It is well ooooooooo.
Am glad d catholic church pulled out of the rubbish called CAN...the Holy church knws better.
Ooohoo! Fantastic. Wetin? Looks like we av lost our values as Christians. We are seen as sitting on the fence, when the leadership of CAN has been compromised by ijekuje GO's. We have derailed. From buying PJ's, to doing follow follow with Jonathan and the ruling party, collecting gifts, etc. We are very different. Let everybody carry their cross. Proud to be Catholic.
Hmm! Let's pray for Nigeria, and CAN o! We serve one God, so there should be no division in God's house.
We all know that CAN has been politicized under the leadership of Oritsejafor. The Gangster blings wearing bishop. A lot of fake MOG's in naija. Its all about the fucking money. Wake up people.
Borgias
Don't say wat u dnt know! U must comment o. . .
Good, very very Good... Like my mum would say... " If you can't beat them,Join them... and If your morals wouldn't let you Join them then "LEAVE THEM"...
Proudly Catholic...
U can never see dis appenin in d muslim group,it is onli in christianity dat u wud see pple publick attackin dier leaders,such is nt found in muslim
It's obvious that CAN has been compromised under the leadership of Oritsejafor. He should retrace his steps.
Blessed are the Meek and Gentle
Yes, CAN has compromised.The association was vibrant in the past but it has lost its steam with the present leadership.CAN dances to the whimp and caprices of the PDP-led government.The likes of Anthony Cardinal Okogie, Cardinal John Onayeikan,etc. were strong voices when can was active.Unfortunately, today's CAN can no longer bark nor bite.The Cathiolic Church is a great institution and will never allow itself to be dragged in the mud.
Catholic for Life! No nonsense. Prosperity pastors can continue their rubbish. Now some sanity. Misplaced priorities*fresh air* singing*All of my life, i would serve the living God, my heart is full of joy, i would serve his Holy Name.*
The only true church..the catholic church,proudly catholic.
Wil any one be heaven in d nam of church? Jesus said,nt all dat call me by my name wil enter His kingdom. CAN,catholic fear God.
@anon 7;11pm, shut up there. Your Alfas are even the worst hypocrites. They break up marriages, collect ijekuje, the biggest ashewos(forever renting porno films), sleep with peoples wives and you are talking. Olodo.
Well done to The Catholics! When we start standing for the truth in this country, then there would be a change
The catholics are correct.
This goes out to all Libers who cares to listen, I was born into a muslim family,but I grew to accept jesus as my lord and saviour, I've always known that christianity is of the heart,it goes beyond taking it as a religion, see the way these people are bringing personal issues to christianity,I don't support any form of association governing issues related to faith. go to church, pay your tithe( if you av any source of income),help the needy,and keep doing good.mark my word, there's more to this news, God you all
Twaz long overdue,very good step by the catholic church.cant imagine dese pastors making mockery of d christian faith wit deir lifestyle.anybody dat sees dat oritsejiafor man wil tink he is a musician frm d MC Hammer days...and dat oibe man shld mind d way he talks 2 Cardinal John Onaiekan,he is not jst a cardinal but a prince of the church,and neva in d generation of oibe,will anyone attain dat level.oibe wants support wen his leader oritsejiafor is leading odas astray,evryone supported cardinal onaikan cos he led wit integrity.soon d anglicans wil follow suit...proudly catholic.
Religion na politics *majeks voice*
catholic church and their oversabi. meanwhile they are one of the most dubious sects in the world.
Peaple,de body of Christ'The Church'is not a union or an association.It is those who believes dat Jesus died to save Us n so lives to do God's wil.You can compromise de union cos its ran on earth where Satn rules bt not The body of Christ cos He is de Head
No need to loose sleep over their withdrawal,This is the same catholic church that discriminate against themselves about the appointment of Bishop of Mbaise.For some who are very envy of pastors's private jet,your not GOD to judge him,he did not steal your money or government money why are you loosing your dame head on issue you did not contribute penny in it?The withdrawal issue did not start today if your more close to CAN ,it started before the pastor assumed as their president.
I Pray God will forgive those of U saying Nonsense with your mouth. U just talk as if u are better! If u have d oppotunity yours will be worst. A man that goes for money and the Priest that took oath not to have a woman but having secret sex abd abortion and homosexual and lesbianism! Which one is better? U don't have d right to Judge leave d Judgement for Jesus. Aproko go and get yourself a good Job so you could get busy. Akobi omo Era abigbeyin oloshi. Nonsense.
Bonario u r such a big phoooool and a biased bastard! People like you spoil the body of christ with your stupid denominational sentiment! Y can't u address the issue without sounding like a biased cow
In d last days.......
Jesus will be seriously weeping for Nigeria!!!
Evry pastor/priest dat wants to divide the body of Christ and ridicule the Church shall......
I support d Catholic church,wen AFNC(ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF 9JA CHOIR)a body of CAN used 2 unite d bloc choir churches can be partial in giving d right result 4 singing competition held in october 2012 all bcos a particular bloc was new n sponsored d event wit d aid of their governor,if i have my way OAIC a bloc of d so called CAN which i belong 2 will also pull out,they dnt portray wat hey claim 2 be(christains). CAN is a political party in disguise.
Shut up, mumu.
I'm a muslim and will forever respect Arch Okogie, Bishop Gbonigi, Adetiloye and co for always speaking the truth especially during the crazy Abacha days.
I support the catholics. CAN under flamboyant Ayo Oritsejafor is nothing to write home about.
It is well
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. (Proverbs 12:19)
I have known all these people as leaders of Pharisees of our time. Little by little who no wan know go soon know.
This is my problem with Protestants of this century! Money has blocked all their senses!!! The Catholics did the right thing by pulling out.
i dn't knw wat the catholic church has been waiting for to withdraw. me i dn't trust that ayo of a man, his ways are sooo..... let me save it. but am glad the catholic church is out.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. (Proverbs 12:19)
I have known all these people as leaders of Pharisees of our time. Little by little who no wan know go soon know. God is not human that can be deceive by man.
Catholic and proud. One of the greatest achivement for a catholic priest, bishop or archbishop, is 2 be a CARDINAL.. So mr sunny, wats ur point?
after the bishops conference meeting the catholic church should not even think of joining CAN again.
Shameless christians washing their dirty linens in public. May God help u. Touch not thy anoointed n do thy prophet no harm. No matter what a man of God or prophet do let God b d jugde. That why some people eventually have problems in their lives. When David had the opportunity 2 kill Soul he didn't cus no matter what he did he was anointed. Am so ashamed of u guys. Continue showing other religion that we r not united. Thank God my church have never been a member of CAN so u can't hear them involve themselves in all these no matter how much u criticise my church. The funny thing about the leader of my church is that the more u criticise the more he gets better. People criticised him 4 not being in CAN. Wash ona dirty linen ya!!
Useless Catholic people.. U plp shud leave joor.. Oshii
This is what happens when leaders ☹f religious group lose focus..hmmm †ђξ bible says judge №†̥ but I wonder Ђ☺ώ MOG who ‘лε suppose †̥☺ lead by example ‘лε buying private jets more than ☺n̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ at †ђξ expense ☹f their members who can't even feed or pay tuition fees F☺я their children. †ђξ Catholic Church is right †̥☺ pull away until sanity is restored....
Who cares?!!! Is not like it changes anything! Moreover some churches, like mine, were not even under CAN to begin with and nothing happened to them.
The similarity between Nigerian political class and religious leaders expecially those of the pentecostal fold never stop to amaze me.
Just like the politicians who have managed to squander the overwhelming potentials of Nigeria so are the Pastors.
The advent of the pentecostal movement in Nigeria came with so much good will and public approval but sadly, pentecostal preachers have been unable to maximise the popularity by living examplary lives, nation building and social responsibility. Opting instead to build empires unto themselves at the expense of social responsibility, the welfare of their flocks and the future of the Christian faith.
One thing Pentecostal Pastors of Pastor Ayo Oristsejafor's hue failed to understand is the great level of responsibility that comes with power and influence.
If they know this the CAN president ll not take a private jet gift from President Goodluck Jonathan and turn CAN into the praying arm of the PDP.
You are a lost. Repent or you perish!
The similarity between Nigerian political class and religious leaders expecially those of the pentecostal fold never stop to amaze me.
Just like the politicians who have managed to squander the overwhelming potentials of Nigeria so are the Pastors.
The advent of the pentecostal movement in Nigeria came with so much good will and public approval but sadly, pentecostal preachers have been unable to maximise the popularity by living examplary lives, nation building and social responsibility. Opting instead to build empires unto themselves at the expense of social responsibility, the welfare of their flocks and the future of the Christian faith.
One thing Pentecostal Pastors of Pastor Ayo Oristsejafor's hue failed to understand is the great level of responsibility that comes with power and influence.
If they know this the CAN president ll not take a private jet gift from President Goodluck Jonathan and turn CAN into the praying arm of the PDP.
Sincerely, I concur that #CAN has become a irritatingly immersed in political discuss neglecting its grass-root relevance\" the Catholic church MIGHT be right to pull out.
I am not a catholic, but I absolutely agree with them. I see the CAN under this leadership as more political than anything else. What are we turning our faith into?? Corruption, greed, grab-grab, materialism, everywhere..Honestly am gradually beginning to lose faith in some of these pentecostal churches. Oritsejafor please STAND UP FOR CHRIST!
Long live the catholic church
Sooooo true
If you do not like what is going on in a place and you feel you can't do anything,it's alright to leave! A few centuries ago people left the catholic church and were labelled 'protestants'. It is for a similar reason that the catholics are breaking out of CAN. I wish the 'conscience of the nation' and 'voice of the voiceless truly speak up when the situation demands it even when their own members are at fault.
Truth be told, I am even surprised catholics were under CAN, cos in my university and during NYSC, I noticed that catholics had separate groups and did not associate with other christians.
In that case y'al should come back to the catholic church, cos that's the "one" true church christ suffered for.
I'm so with u on dat one
Are you ok?
Do not be afraid to stand up for the truth. This is a welcome development. I'm so proud of the Catholic Church of Nigeria.
Sincerely, I concur that #CAN has become a irritatingly immersed in political discuss neglecting its grass-root relevance\" the Catholic church MIGHT be right to pull out.
CAN has been compromised, bad blood is now flowing in the CAN veins. I strongly support the Catholics for pulling away. CAN my foot.....
Please BONARIO, i need to know u please, can u drop ur email address so i can write u? Thanks.
Arch Bishop dey 4 London.Pope dey 4 Rome,Imam dey 4 Mecca,CAN dey 4 naija..My ppl dem go dey follow pope,dey go dey follow Imam.everybody scatter scatter....... everybody run run run.......long live FELA a visionist.Long live Abami Eda.
Arch Bishop dey 4 London.Pope dey 4 Rome,Imam dey 4 Mecca,CAN dey 4 naija..My ppl dem go dey follow pope,dey go dey follow Imam.everybody scatter scatter....... everybody run run run.......long live FELA a visionist.Long live Abami Eda.
The current crisis rockin CAN today is most unfortunate. Pulling out of d CCN, though a noble decision, but will not resolve d problems.i ve no doubt dat d present leadership of CAN has in evry way enmeshed in dubius activities, hence, stain d sacred positon being occupied by them.
The current crisis rockin CAN today is most unfortunate. Pulling out of d CCN, though a noble decision, but will not resolve d problems.i ve no doubt dat d present leadership of CAN has in evry way enmeshed in dubius activities, hence, stain d sacred positon being occupied by them.
The current crisis rockin CAN today is most unfortunate. Pulling out of d CCN, though a noble decision, but will not resolve d problems.i ve no doubt dat d present leadership of CAN has in evry way enmeshed in dubius activities, hence, stain d sacred positon being occupied by them.
Toksyb: Hmmmm christians fighting one another,this is not d time to say catholic and pentecostal plsss we r all one even with d muslims we all call God let's just beg God to take control. I ll always love and appreciate d catholic faith it is well
Let d annointed ones settle their scores with God.pls stop d abuses on dem.only God knw those dat truly serve him.private jet or not only God knws.
Shut up fool
U r making sense for once.. Good
Yes u r right
Wen catholic priests were CAN presidents corruption ws entrenched in our fabric. Wht ws d impact dis so called catholics? Did dey mk any attempt to revolt against d govt of d day? Gd riddance to bad rubbish!
Did we ask u 2 talk abt muslim? Is this a muslim and xtain case? Gan die.. Idiot.. Wats ur biz sef? Dnt u ever compare! Fool
Yes u r right
These GO's that fly Private jets, just remember that Jesus Christ was evangelizing on a DONKEY even though they were Horses available for him to use. So much for our Men of God, who believe in tithes and teaching prosperity. God dey. Way to go Catholic Church. We are not funky, but we have survived for 1000years preaching the word in the most modest way and very Christ like
The reason why state & politics should be kept seperate. They don't make for good bedmates, if the real reason as stated by the catholic church is why they pulled out of CAN then I have to respect them.
It's high time the so called religious institutions start stepping to confront & holding the Nigerian govt accountable for the ongoing social injustices rather than being an accomplices by keeping quiet.
The religious institutions both christain & muslim are just as guilty as the govt when they use religion to play pilitics.
The reason why state & politics should be kept seperate. They don't make for good bedmates, if the real reason as stated by the catholic church is why they pulled out of CAN then I have to respect them.
It's high time the so called religious institutions start stepping to confront & holding the Nigerian govt accountable for the ongoing social injustices rather than being an accomplices by keeping quiet.
The religious institutions both christain & muslim are just as guilty as the govt when they use religion to play pilitics.
They have lost it, we haven't. That is why we are being labelled as being arrogant. no problem, we accept. But we shall never compromise our values. Catholic for life
I cant even imagine Arch Bishop sitting down to listen to Bros Oritsejafor. Nah wa o. Good they left. please make it permanent. We tell it to you as it is. If you like, like us, if you like no like us. At the end of the day you shall all go back to the orthodox churches. I can never be a slave to a humanbeing like myself, but to Christ. Please Anglicans, Methodist should all leave CAN as soon as possible.
Proudly Roman! More greaze to CCN's Elbow..how can CAN bark or bit? Person wey food full em mouth d eat fit talk? Its not a permanent one yet but its a good move.indeed, You just can't save people who are drowning, if you are drowning with them! #thumbsup2CCN#
Catholic for life, no nonsence!
Wow!!....*team catholic church*dis is good I admire d courage...plssssss libers u dnt av 2 start criticisin peoples religion on ere!!be well mannered..if u av nytin reasonable 2 say,drop ur comment,if u dnt keep quiet nd stop upsetin other peoples blive.....
Aside CAN, which group hs spoken vehemently against BH and dia evils? Hw dare u mention God in ur stupid action? Stupid fellow who chose nt to b conversant with happenings in his/her country! Nonsense!
@ Hadija olodo did u really get wat he said?are u sure u can read well?dats d P wit nigerians!always wanting to cause religious crisis,dis is nt a muslim/christain issue!why bring islam into dis?kai I tire for some pple sha.
Oh God...dis is so sad!
The spokes person of CAN spoke like a politician. What is needed now is a way forward not trading words. Ify Obi-Nwoye
The spokes person of CAN spoke like a politician. What is needed now is a way forward not trading words. Ify Obi-Nwoye
The spokes person of CAN spoke like a politician. What is needed now is a way forward not trading words. Ify Obi-Nwoye
Ahhhh thank God they have left dese business men with private jets who are PDP pillars
The spokes person of CAN spoke like a politician. What is needed now is a way forward not trading words. Ify Obi-Nwoye
Church church matter all d tym..must i go to church..got God in ma heart
Nobody asked if you were catholic or not. We are all one in the body of Christ. CHRISTIANS!!!!! Christ-like. So be focused on that and leave trival things like "I'm catholic...bla bla bla.."
Well no p.. They should leave. Let's hear word! We shall how to shoo Goodluck out or stop corruption in Nigeria
Hadija wats d connection btw xtians not being united and wat som mallams do. Must u comment Ode Oshi smh.............
Sometimes I wonder if this Pastor Oritsejafor is a Christian. CAN should be careful when appointing their leaders.
Its ok if the catholics wanna pull out! Their choice! And ppl ranting abt xtain and muslim, dis is nt a religious issue! Dnt cm here and talk shit, 2mrw nw dey'l start killn ppl.. Gv a comment with out insults! Thanks
D muslems r even d worst, some pple should jst close der mouth....is boko haram nt 4rm muslem?
Fools washing their dirty linen in public. God go the exposé una 1 by 1
Hmmm
So this is what the church has turned into now?no fear of God again dey are now saying good 'riddance' instead of them to preach unity?na wa ooo
Politics is now everywhere ooo
Pretty tricky
So this is what the church has turned into now?no fear of God again dey are now saying good 'riddance' instead of them to preach unity?na wa ooo
Politics is now everywhere ooo
Pretty tricky
May u also rot in hell u moron for judging d man of God..
its gud d ccn pulled out on time. we most nt all fall at ones. do not luv money is d warning of d scripture..CAN has strayed and such is d out come..but unlike d muslims who re nt opportuned to read their qaran. we have d bible and understood every word of it. so lets all be more closer to our bibles and stand firm cos d hour is fast approching.
Check Ephsn4:5
Abeg sharrap there! #proudly catholic my arse!! Arrogant people! Mtchewwwww
But u see that ur a huge part of the problem.."Anybody that writes a comment against catholic church" so other christian denominations nko? Its catholics that re legit..abeg grow up &keep ur belief to urself!
That's why I love my Catholic.
@omo jesu b careful wit d way u talk nd whu are u all 2 judge them?
This is why the Catholic Church is still as solid as ever. I'm proudly a catholic ...these Protestants need to get their acts together and stop dragging Christianity to the ground all in the bid to satisfy their materialistic urges
Proudly catholic
Proudly catholic
Finally! Very happy we are out. CAN's president and his ideologies are just ridiculous. Wonder if its the same bible we read when a pastor says you can masturbate cos its ur body or u can divorce your wife. What happened to forgiving 77x7 times? #rollingeyes#
its nice to read such things, such associations which shouldnt be in the first place should be non political.u dont need a common voice the bible should be ur voice.i,m in full support, and such association should be disbanded
Proudly Catholic ... Anyday,anytime.
the spokesman is ignorant. Catholic stood behind the prelate of methodist church when he was the president of CAN. There was no flamboyant life style nor political affiliations. The current CAN president is not only dictatorial but politically aligned wit PDP. Good move by CCN
I think it's highly ignorant that people are coming here and expressing how happy they are for CCN's withdrawal and on top of that want to claim 'proud to be a Catholic.' You are the same people that are causing divisions in the house/ways/things of God. Granted that issues developed with CAN, as a CHRISTIAN(body of Christ, unity), do you considered the best choice/solution pulling out? Does that resolve anything but to cause further division that already exist within the Christian community? When the going got hard for Christ before His crucifixion for OUR sins, did he quit or withdraw to go think through whether He will go through it or not? Our leaders keep forgetting their roles in leadership and the whole essence for unification. Yes, problems ensued(were you never expecting for there to be one because we live in a perfect world?), rather than attacking the issue or maybe providing reports on the problem-solving techniques that have been utilized to remedy the situation, you want to tell me that you are temporarily withdrawing, and some Catholics here are ecstatic about that because of what, inferior or superior complex? Here cheering and proudly claiming Catholic because you feel that you are better than your other Christian brothers and sisters. You should be ashamed. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR DENOMINATION, IT'S ABOUT YOUR FAITH. Please people, let's eliminate this mind-set that this group is better the other, it gets us nowhere, it only hinders progress.
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Well this are all signs of †ђξ end time. Even †ђξ church ȋ̝̊̅§ Nσω politically oriented Α̲̅Ω̴̩̩̩̥d̶̲̥̅̊ politically motivated. Am just bamboozled here. Nothing ȋ̝̊̅§ new †Φ мє i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ this HorrowFilled world. Ǧ☺D help us
Wow. Linda. Γφυ girls are amazing. PLEASE LIBers help publicise this facebook page www.facebook.com/teensconnect
We Dont need them. Catholics Are Not Christians. I Wonder Why They were even permitted to join.
Anon 6:18pm touch not my anointed and do my prophet no harm. That's the Bible. Be very guided on what u write about a man of God.may God forgive u!
Hadija pls dnt pour ur frustration on islam if u v got any P handle it amongst ursef....what has porn or broken marriage got to do wit CCN withdrawal#not intrested
Wht men do for d struggle of power is Madness... Hw many of our so called pastors can face wht apostle Paul faced.. He wz beaten with wipes, he suffered ship wrecks n so on but here our pastors are busy smiling to d bank. I dnt blame peeps dat dnt go to church cos d church system has been bastardized by these pple. CAN president u better repent cos the wrath of GOD is xo strong it can burn u n ur family to pieces n ur cohorts... JESUS for LIFE
If u dnt kw wat to say pls keep quite Catholic faith is d biggest faith u should fink b4 u talk if dey v issues let dem solve it na only dem kw wetin dem dey find n for d president let him v his private jets who business is it? Christians all have deir own it's all abt u n I if we all change den we ll see d changes no body should blame any one n dnt say wat u dnt kw.
Bonario, #gbamest!best comment! Catholic till I kpai *Floetrt in motion*
May God save us 4rm most of this money worshipper that paraded themselves as our xtrain leaders.the end as come
Rubbish imagine d nonsense wen we shd join hands fighting enemies anyways good riddance msheeeeew wen d catholic bishop was d president they didn't pull out Godiswatching
SHot ur pile hole!... Why is that hausa muslims dont/hasnt accept the yoruba muslims, true muslims? Why is it there's yoruba mosque and hausa moasque? Islamist muslims fight other denomination(shia, sufi sunni etc) of muslim? I rest my case *Floetry in motion*
God bless u Anon6:01 u took d words out of my mouth...
Its not about been Catholic or not but a question of standards and morals.More so, the constitution provides for free association so if the CCN wants out,so be it...
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MY Church, Seventh Day Adventist is no member of CAN and we are fine
INDEED DER R SO MANY WEAK N FAKE PPLE ON THIS BLOG ALL OF U INSULTING D CURRENT CAN ASSOCIATION I CAN BET IF U WERE DER UL DO A WHOLE LOT WORSE N ALL OF U COMMENTING BASED ON FOLLOW FOLLOW....IM NOT SUPPORTING WOT D CAN SPOKESMAN WROTE BUT AT DSAME TIME U CATHOLICS NEED TO WAKE ALL U DEVILS IN SHEEP CLOTHING WORSHIPING IDOLS N MARY IVE BN TO A CATHOLIC SKUL N I C WOT D REV SISTERS N FATHERS DO DER IT IS WRITTEN JUDGEMENT IS LEFT FOR ONLY GOD N NOT MAN...LET WHO IS HOLY COME OUT N TALK RATHER THAN HIDING UNDER LIB CATHOLIC LOYALS MY FOOT WONDER WHO RILY CARES U ALL R D ONES TRYNNA DIVIDE CHRISTIANITY..AND FYI D PRIVATE JET TO AYO ORITSEJAFOR WAS A GIFT FROM HIS CHURCH N NOT CAN MONEY ITS A PRJCT DAT WAS ON FOR ABT 2YRS N INSTEAD OF TRYNNA UTILIZE UR TIME TRYNNA MAKE MONEY U R HERE TALKING RUBBISH ON LIB WEN U R NOT GOD LIKE AS IF ANY OF U R BETTER OF MSCHWEE...AND IF U LIKE U ALL CAN INSULT UR SELVES BUH CERTAINLY NOT ME CUZ UR WORDS MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
i dont support wateva is goin on in CAN and CCN but truth is non of u was there wen God called them so i will advice u 4 ur own good stop sayin hideous tins about men of God b4 u carry curses upon urself let God b d 1 2 judge dem, if u no ur bible well u will remember d story moses wen he wantd 2 take a second wife & d people reactd, moses was wrong but God cursed d people of Isreal & askd them who made dem a judge over his prophet, so b warned
I am not surprised about the so called Catholics bad mouthing others, its reallly sad that rather than take yourselves as Christians first and stand against this show of shame by our leaders u are busy taking sides, was Jesus a catholic or a penticostal? Will he ask u how good a catholic u were or how good a Christian u were? We are meant to be one To fight together as one. What have they achived by publicizing such a letter, and what has the CAN spokesman achieved by his reply? We have clearly missed the reason for Christ's coming. A house divided cannot stand...
ANGLICANS SHOULD WITHDRAW !!
@anon 8.02 "catholic church and their oversabi" u are simply an idiot of d highest order. Did u nt read other pples useful and sensible contributions? And must u open dat ur big toilet hole u call mouth 2 talk, wen obviously u know u ve an empty brain. Abeg go sidon 4 dustbin, which is where u belong. And to my beloved LIBers who know what's up, let's keep praying 4 our dear one and only country Nigeria. Oh baby nwa says so.
Wch one is he/she is lost? Repent or go to hell? Is CAN God? There's no blasphemy hia so I'll repeat it too....CAN cn go to hell. Rubbish
Mr Sunny ur point please, Jobless Bastard
Well go and read what the idiot @anon 24th jan 7:11pm wrote about how muslims don't abuse their leaders like Christians. Muslims are no better. They are worst! Typical hypocrites! And i stand by what i earlier said.
If you are a true born again Christian, a genuine lover of God you will be saddened by what is happening recently. Rather than passing unsavoury comments all you need to do is fast and pray that God will send a revival into christianity. That He will purge His church and expose everything that is contrary to His will. That he will cleanse our land. Why not leave the men of God alone either fake or genuine, holy or sinful, decent of corrupt? Let God decide who is right of wrong. We need urgent divine intervention in Nigeria before it's too late - please pray hard for this nation.
Bisexual bishops, who fuck alter boys an rev sisters, God will punish all of you, good riddiance to bad rubbish. Catholics aint Christians, fucking idolaters, worshippers of mary (queen of d coast, mary d mother of Jesus didn't demand for worship or respect). Pastor Ayo is the best CAN president ever, daz y his church celebrated him by buying a jet for him.
The foundation of Catholic church is strong, i am even surprise catholic is in same body with pentecostal because their ways are very different. Church leaders should lead by example . Jesus christ even as God when he came lived a simple life, he did not acquire wealth or build house or run things with those in govt of that time. Instead he went about doing good, healing the sick and giving hope to hopeless . Christ understood the feeling of his followers .But what do we have today pastors that are material conscious , living very extravagant life and exploiting members . Catholic church is very right.
@ st Bishop Jan 25th 11:07am I really pity you and your comment o. Seriously is that the best you could come up with. Wow, you gat a long way to go dear. I am not interested in knowing the church you attend because guess what: it won't take me to heaven.
i truly pray that our eyes of understanding are opened to see the mind of God. libers here are posting comments like when you get to the gates of heaven you will be asked what church denomination you belong to. may God help us all
Proudly Catholic!
Am not a xtian buh i respect d catholics α lσt
Proudly catholic!!!!
ZOBBY
Hey!!!!! Mind ur language, u don't have the right to insult our Bishops, rev sisters or the rev fathers and u even say we ain't Christians, at this time and age u still say "Catholics worship Mary"u are obviously ignorant and u need to do ur research b4 pointing fingers. If u can celebrate ur pastor in that manner why blame the Catholics for honoring the (virgin) mother of Jesus Christ. U really need to see beyond ur anger b4 u bring some thing bad to ur self. You knw how a son feels when u insult the mother, it same with Christ.
You must agree with me that there’re two Christianity in existence (1) those who fight for God (2) those that God is fighting for.
But permit me to ask this question on how anyone can claim that he or she is called by God almighty to work for him, and yet a lot is happening around you both in your family, vicinity, city and country and the God you claim to be serving is not revealing any of the stratagem to you by exposing Satan and also give you solutions on how to overcome. So what makes you the servant of the almighty God? But always claim that spirit of God is ministering to you all the time.
Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you. (John 20:21)
As my Father hath sent me - As God sent me to preach, to be persecuted, and to suffer; to make known his will, and to offer pardon to men, so I send you. This is the design and the extent of the commission of the ministers of the Lord Jesus. He is their model; and they will be successful only as they study his character and imitate his example. This commission he proceeds to confirm by endowing them all with the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Even so send I you - As I was sent to proclaim the truth of the Most High, and to convert sinners to God, I send you for the very same purpose, clothed with the very same authority, and influenced by the very same Spirit.
Your CAN leaders are nothing but teachers of Pharisees of this generation.
You must agree with me that there’re two Christianity in existence (1) those who fight for God (2) those that God is fighting for.
But permit me to ask this question on how anyone can claim that he or she is called by God almighty to work for him, and yet a lot is happening around you both in your family, vicinity, city and country and the God you claim to be serving is not revealing any of the stratagem to you by exposing Satan and also give you solutions on how to overcome. So what makes you the servant of the almighty God? But always claim that spirit of God is ministering to you all the time.
Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you. (John 20:21)
As my Father hath sent me - As God sent me to preach, to be persecuted, and to suffer; to make known his will, and to offer pardon to men, so I send you. This is the design and the extent of the commission of the ministers of the Lord Jesus. He is their model; and they will be successful only as they study his character and imitate his example. This commission he proceeds to confirm by endowing them all with the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Even so send I you - As I was sent to proclaim the truth of the Most High, and to convert sinners to God, I send you for the very same purpose, clothed with the very same authority, and influenced by the very same Spirit.
Your CAN leaders are nothing but teachers of Pharisees of this generation.
This is a good news but i will miss Rev. Kuka he is different
Catholics are known for unscriptural doctrines(praying to mother mary when we knw only holy spirit n jesus intercedes,using rosaries,saying pope is infallingble,victimizing anyone that renounce either as a father or sister,singing to dead ones n giving them offerings at their burial ground,they hardly teach the bible,instead they teach their institutional laws,many homo fathers ve confessed,pope alxander VI's son cesare borgia bribed n cajoled michaelangelo to draw him as picture of jesus,which became the famous jesus picture you are all seeing around today,just google cesare borgia,he's known for killiong his brother shared girlfriend with him n d gurl later got married to his younger brother,was ordain bishop at fourteen just becos his father was pope n late vacate the pope to become head of vatican military so he can seize power and as later dared n cursed his father,all dis wasn't openly chriticised cos hierachy rules in catholic) so who send them? #maddingcrush
@ st bishop; dont say what you dont know! where you present when they were sleeping with sisters and alter boys?!did u witness it?? just shut ur mouth there so as not to receive d wrath of God. to be under His curse, u will pray u were not even born...
U are such an IDIOT!
THEY ARE FINALLY AWAKE TO SEE WHAT PASTOR CHRIS SAW MANY YEARS AGO, I PRAYER THAT OTHER BODY OF CHRIST IN NIGERIA WILL BE BOLD ENOUGH TO REJECT THE STATUESQUE & SAY NO TO BEING ENSLAVED TO MONEY.
thats a new day for the catholic faithful's happy for u.
Are u a true Christian? You shouldn't talk this way no matter which side ur on. Just saying.
You are completely and utterly retarded.
@Hadija, thank you for not being a Hypocrite like the other moslems here who would want their ass covered. Are you living by the rules that the Holy Prophet (SAW) taught us? Please be truthful. Whether we are Christians, Moslems, Hindus, Traditionalist we all her sinners. And the ones that dont TALK are the worst. I have promised to speak the truth and shall continue. There is a lot of bitterness that is going on amongst the different societies too. Ansar ru deen, Nawarudeen,etc, so don't come here and lie. We have our own too
St. Bishop may ignorance not kill u. Bloody idiot
Yesooo! Mary Mother of the Church pray for us in this country called Nigeria.
Anon 8:12pm
What do you have against Bonario? Is he the only that has commented on this issue? Abeg free the guy and show some love. God bless you as you harken to this advice.
St bishop u r a big fool cos no normal human being would talk d way u just did,u r laying curse on ur head by abusing pple called by God. Goat!
* We shall C how ccn will shoo Goodluck out and or stop corruption in nigeria*
The catholics did the best.
on d last day,i doubt if pipu will b judged based on dia denominations.if u professing christians are torn against each,how den can u preach d gospel of Jesus?are there prizes for ur PROUDLY denominations or 4 how many souls u saved from going 2 hell wit ur prayer or kind gesture?do u knw Jesus?if u die now ll he say to u gud and faithful servants?
on d last day,i doubt if pipu will b judged based on dia denominations.if u professing christians are torn against each,how den can u preach d gospel of Jesus?are there prizes for ur PROUDLY denominations or 4 how many souls u saved from going 2 hell wit ur prayer or kind gesture?do u knw Jesus?if u die now ll he say to u gud and faithful servants?
Yes oo Kay....d mata don tey so te hmmmm
I'm very proud of d Roman Catholic church for taking this decision. Its has long been overdue. We can see how all this mushrooms churches can survive, we don't need them abeg.
How come no pentecostal has read and understood Rev 12 about 'a woman' but they can interprete other parts of d Bible? D dude that said that Catholics preach their doctrines...sorry but u r overshadowed by pure ignorance. See how an issue turned to denominational conflict. I hope u guys r first Christians before u r Pentecostals or Catholics
Anglican church primate Bishop Pater Akinola was once CAN President and the catholic church didnt withdarw its memebership
All dis Nonentities dat always insult d pope, bishops, Rev fathers, sisters etc. Fools u pples should mind ur businesses n stop discriminate. Y̶̲̥̅o̶̲̥̅̊и̣̣̣̣̥ re insulting Blessed mother of Jesus but worshipping ordinary human your So-called CAN president Or ur pastor. If u don't know what to comment, is better u shut up ur dirty mouths. What a nonsense! Blessed mother, all of Y̶̲̥̅̊o̶̲̥̅̊и̣̣̣̣̥ will never go un-punish. Cowards
Firstly, I'll really like to comment on the statements made by some people on here. I guess we are all learned, we should be careful with the usage of our words and stop making ungaurded comments. We should act like people that passed through schools. On the issue at hand, i've always been against Men Of God acquiring wealth. Remember, Jesus Himself who had all the opportunity to become "rich" lived a very lowly and humble life, even the only time the bible recorded he rode a donkey, it donkey wasn't for him. The bible says, "Thou shall not Judge" but the truth must be told. We complain about the situation of things in Nigeria, but so surprising, the men of God are now part of the super rich in Nigeria... Jesus, who wasn't as rich as our pastors of today fed 5000 people with only 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, and yet in some members of a church can't afford 3 square meals. It is appalling to hear that, a pastor was given a private jet as a gift. There is a word called HUMILITY. And money used to purchase this Jet could have helped to save a life or lives. The name of God shouldn't be turned to a "Brand Name" or be used as a money making venture. Speak the truth even though you might be killed for it. All the Apostles suffered persecution, and even till their death, they never stop speaking it truth. We are Christians "Christ-Like"... We all should start acting as one.
Anon 9.57 The catholic church is a religious arm not a political arm n shud have no business 'revolting' against d govt-politicians r dere 4 dat.Jesus said "gv to Ceasar wats Ceasar's n to God wats Gods". So if ure lookin 4 sm1 to correct ur govt,u can join politics not waitin 4 d catholic church.
me no dey like comment 4 dis kind tin o.
U r so soo Dumb and ignorant... Sorry I culdn help but use those words on U
"U can't just save pple who are drowning if u are drowning with dem"...I love dat quote,am a proud Catholic
Thnx, I'll see dat
Having gone through 80% of the posts here, i've noticed that 75% supported CCN withdraw from CAN. most of these respondents are not Catholics. Therefore CAN leadership should seek for means of reconciling whatever differences that exists among Christians in Nigeria. thanks
@ st bishop, or whatever you call yourself, it is clear that you are dead among the living, you ought to be in a zoo, or something
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