After the military coup in Niger, the Bishops’ Conference of West Africa, Burkina Faso and Niger, and the bishops of Nigeria have called for the avoidance of clashes and bloodshed.
(Vatican News Network) A military coup took place in Niger on July 26. Lauren Debiré, president of the West African Regional Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger, expressed concern about the consequences of the military coup. At the same time, express the Church’s concern and spiritual closeness to Niger. In a message signed by Msgr. Alexis Touably Youlo, president of the West African Regional Conference of Bishops, the bishops of West Africa pledge their support to the bishops of Niger and pledge that they will not be “indifferent” to the pain that the country has experienced in recent weeks . Furthermore, the Conference of Bishops of West Africa underlines the important role played by the Bishops of Niger in maintaining peace in their country, “starting with the most important function: prayer”. West African bishops pledge to “pray for peace and a final solution to the current crisis”.
Bishop Debire, president of the Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger, expresses his great concern for the bishops of these two countries”. Bishop Debire wrote that it is extremely disturbing to know that the “threat of war” is listed This raises the possibility of Niger becoming a “second Libya” as part of a solution to the crisis. At the same time, the consequences of the unrest continue to “suffer” people in the Sahra. Burkinafa The Bishops’ Conference of Somalia and Niger expresses “fraternal support” and “the concern of the Church” to the Bishop of Niger, pledging to pray for a lasting peace and a peaceful solution to the crisis in Niger and the Sahel.
The Nigerian Bishops’ Conference has also expressed its opposition to the war. The president of the bishops’ conference, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji of Owerri, said in a statement that the bishops asked Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to dissuade the ECOWAS head of state from Wage war against the coup d’état “to avoid the bloodshed that would result from military intervention”. “We have lost so many lives in Africa, we have lost so many precious lives in Nigeria, and we cannot continue to lose our lives in this terrible way for any reason,” the archbishop wrote in his statement.
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2023-08-09 11:31:33
