REACTIONS: ALLEGED INFORMATION THAT CATHOLIC PRIESTS SHOULD CARRY GUNS IN NIGERIA

Reverend Father in Church with Rifle / Credit - The Punch

The World Catholic Organization have given order that Priests and Reverend Fathers should start coming to Church with Guns

On Tuesday, June 7, a post made by Mbachu Izuchukwu on Facebook announced that Catholic Priests in Nigeria have been ordered to make their Guns ready while celebrating of the Holy Mass.

As inscribed on Izuchukwu's timeline, "The World Catholic Organization have given order that Priests and Reverend Fathers should start coming to Church with Guns," depicting his post with a Man wearing a Chasuble, probably a Priest, carrying an AK-47 Rifle.

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This information is not confirmed as the post did mention an inexisting umbrella body "World Catholic Organization" as the one who gave the directive.

This post have stirred reactions and would probably stir more of those in support and opposition of the alleged information but, Catholic Gists Int'l would like to inform everyone that the is false and no such order was passed. If an order is to be passed, it would have come through the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria(CBCN).

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Reactions of People

Chukwudi Osademe commented, "This is a lie please."

Okafor Ifeanyi Paschal, lamented: "I'm a Catholic, but now I realise that the leaders of the Catholic Church in Nigeria are not concerned about the Lives of the Worshippers, starting from Cardinals to Rev. Fathers. Since the killing of Christians begun, they keep telling us to pray and pray, please preach to us to defend ourselves, let us carry Machines(Guns) on our body, if being together is a crime in Nigeria. Please an address to the Pope to start talking about Nigerian Christians and Biafran freedom, not everyday, 'let us pray for the Pope and the leaders of the Church, we are tired men."

Simon Ochidi quoted 2Corinthians 10:3, saying "then they will also need to get a license from the government." He capitalised 'PRAYER IS THE WEAPON OF A CHRISTIAN,' explaining that if one pray fervently according to God's will, and lead a good life, then God will heed such prayers." But Simon's comment was replied by Newhope Morn with one word, "sorry."

Chigozie Ozor commented with a picture:

Ogechukwu Enweluzo narrated how Armed Robbers who repeatedly visited her Parish Priest stopped when he had a faceoff with them. According to Ogechukwu, she said, "my Parish Priest then had a Gun, after so much disturbance from Thieves, in one occasion, they had a Gun fight and they never came back till he left the Parish."

There are lots of comments where people questioned the authenticity of the information. As at June 10, the post have gathered around 42 comments and 56 reactions.

What is your take on this,? kindly let us know in the comment section.

NB - The information contained in the Facebook Post is not genuine, and no such order was given by the Church authority.