Media conspiracy against the Catholic Church an article by Modestus Okafor published in the Guardian newspaper of Friday December 17, 2010 makes me question the credibility, reliability and authenticity of the media with emphasis on the western media in terms of information dissemination to the general public.
Growing as a teenager, members of my family including close relatives always said to me 'to improve on your everyday usage of the English vocabulary, the media (electronic and print) must always be your best companion. Unfortunately, the story is changing. Although, the western media information is regarded as the most authoritative, but the negative criticism from them towards the papacy's comments is becoming an issue to be discussed by all interested stakeholders.
While am personally conscious of my write-up in response to Okafor's piece, I have come to acknowledge that human beings love to be defensive irrespective of status quo and like tortoise, look for every and any avenue of realising its mission. I would have love to be silent until I have studied the book 'light to the world' but that amount to more harm than good. A better part of my writing prowess would be notice after studying light to the world, a compilation of Pope Benedict XVI speeches.
However, the second sentence of the sixth paragraph is been misunderstood. The Catholic community and other religious group did not and would not force any individual into becoming a clergy. It is a personal decision. Before Abraham, Jesus was... is a clich on the lips of many. So also is - where there is no law, there is no sin. Every religious entity has its own set of rules and regulations and is expected to be respected and followed by any individual joining the entity.
Priests and clergy defiling young female adults is a personal choice by both parties involved. Saying priests should be allowed to marry is unethical, unprofessional and unacceptable by the catholic community. Accusing the pope of approving the use of condoms is another blasphemy as the Pharisees would say.
Finally, Joshua in his address to the Israelite in Joshua 24: 15 said 'choose this day whom you would serve... he did force the Israelite whom to serve. It is a decision. Make yours today.
Growing as a teenager, members of my family including close relatives always said to me 'to improve on your everyday usage of the English vocabulary, the media (electronic and print) must always be your best companion. Unfortunately, the story is changing. Although, the western media information is regarded as the most authoritative, but the negative criticism from them towards the papacy's comments is becoming an issue to be discussed by all interested stakeholders.
While am personally conscious of my write-up in response to Okafor's piece, I have come to acknowledge that human beings love to be defensive irrespective of status quo and like tortoise, look for every and any avenue of realising its mission. I would have love to be silent until I have studied the book 'light to the world' but that amount to more harm than good. A better part of my writing prowess would be notice after studying light to the world, a compilation of Pope Benedict XVI speeches.
However, the second sentence of the sixth paragraph is been misunderstood. The Catholic community and other religious group did not and would not force any individual into becoming a clergy. It is a personal decision. Before Abraham, Jesus was... is a clich on the lips of many. So also is - where there is no law, there is no sin. Every religious entity has its own set of rules and regulations and is expected to be respected and followed by any individual joining the entity.
Priests and clergy defiling young female adults is a personal choice by both parties involved. Saying priests should be allowed to marry is unethical, unprofessional and unacceptable by the catholic community. Accusing the pope of approving the use of condoms is another blasphemy as the Pharisees would say.
Finally, Joshua in his address to the Israelite in Joshua 24: 15 said 'choose this day whom you would serve... he did force the Israelite whom to serve. It is a decision. Make yours today.