2 vocal clerics of the Catholic church, Fada Oluoma and Fada Kelvin Ugwu, have since reacted and appeared to distance themselves from the acts of the Catholic Bishop seen carrying a human skull in the viral video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3aqaIhS-eQ?si=x8frO6RMOuzrMDa1
This is an excerpt of a post shared by Fada Oluoma in response to the said viral images and video:
This is also not about how efficacious devotion to the saints are, I have already cited verifiable cases. This is about the EXAGGERATED and sometimes RIDICULOUS level some Catholics take the devotion to the saints to.
You come to some parishes, you see more than 5 images of different saints at different positions on the altar, this is besides the images of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Mother Mary and above all the TABERNACLE. That's not cool at all. In the church, we should have just the images of Mother Mary, the crucifix and the TABERNACLE. Every other image of saints should have their places elsewhere.
You come to the homes of some Catholics and you see their personal altars with multiple images of saints. Then some sew clothes to dress the images and make them up with lipsticks and powders as if their images are living beings, haba na🥴
How about the veneration of the skull or any part of a saint? I can say with certainty that the only image we venerate liturgically is the crucifix. We do it every sunday when we incense it and on a more profound note on Good Fridays. I don't think the veneration of the skull or any other part of any saint is necessary.
We definitely have Catholic fanatics who can take innocent devotions to unnecessary and dizzying heights. In fact, it is safe to say some Catholics commit 'image idolatory' and syncretism with such exaggerated pieties. Make we no over do abeg.
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