Abuja, 01 July, 2024 / 2:07 pm (ACI Africa).
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has urged indigenous people of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria, to embrace the Catholic faith even as they feel threatened by urbanization.
Speaking during the Third Congress of the Indigenous People of FCT, Archbishop Kaigama said the Catholic Church remains open to receive everyone.
“I am using this opportunity to encourage you to embrace the Catholic faith and own it, come and worship God in this Cathedral,” the Nigerian Catholic Archbishop said during the June 29 event that was held at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral of Abuja Archdiocese.
He added, “You the Gbagyi, the Koro and Gwandara people who are the original inhabitants of Abuja may be thinking that you have been abandoned by the government but I want you to know that the Catholic Church will never forget you.”
“Your sons and daughters will come to worship here,” Archbishop Kaigama said, adding that the cathedral is not just a building, but “a beacon of hope and unity”.