Archbishop Nketsiah bemoans threat to peace in Ghana

The Catholic Archbishop of Cape Coast, The Right Reverend Mathias Kobena Nketsiah has called on people in authority to rise up and speak against the threat to peace in the Ghanaian society.

“Government officials, the clergy, parliamentarians, chiefs, assembly members must all rise up and condemn what is happening in our nation today,” the Archbishop said in a sermon at Dawurampong where he confirmed some members into the Catholic faith.

“Killing of wives and children has become the order of the day, galamsey operations being used to destroy water bodies and people cannot get water to drink, and people who have inherited the property of dead relatives have refused to take care of the children and wives of these relatives, have all plagued our society,” he noted.

Archbishop Nketsiah said, what was worrying was that Ghana was made up of a population which had over 60 per cent Christians and asked “Is that how we bear testimony about Jesus Christ?”

He noted that instead of showing good examples for non-Christians to follow, Christians were rather perpetuating the evil deeds.

“Our radios, television sets and the newspapers are choked with frightening utterances from our politicians and their followers,” he said, and added that the nation was sitting on a time bomb which could explode at anytime if people in authority still kept mute.

Archbishop Nketsiah said power belonged to God and it was only He who gave power. Therefore, no one must use force or any foul means to come to power.

He announced that the Apam Parish of the Church had been broken into two with Dawurampong Rectory becoming a fully fledged Parish with 20 stations under it.

The Archbishop appealed to the people of the new Parish to work hard to win more souls for Christ.**