A fake Catholic Church has been uncovered at Ibagwa-Nike, a community in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, South-East of Nigeria, with a signpost claiming by the group that they were members of Old Roman Catholic
Penpushing reports that the Secretary of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu Chidi Agubuchie raised the alarm in a statement over the alleged existence of the fake church adding that the diocese was recently drawn to a trending video clip of simulated Roman Catholic episcopal ordination and liturgical worship celebrated at the community.
‘This is to inform all Catholic faithful and the general public that the said self-acclaimed Roman Catholic group at Ibagwa-Nike is not in communion with the Universal Catholic Church led by the Holy Father, Pope Francis with its universal see and government in Vatican City, Rome,” the Diocese said
Penpushing further reports that Agubuchie in the statement said the group is being led by a Bishop who does not participate in apostolic succession, pointing out that they also observe some practices associated with the Catholic Church.
The statement emphasized for a Christian to be fully in communion with the Universal Catholic Church on earth, he must be joined with Jesus Christ in the church’s visible structure by bonds of profession of faith, celebration of sacraments and by ecclesiastical governance, also called the Code of Canon Law.
‘The ‘pseudo-Catholic Church’ based at Ibagwa-Nike does not in reality share in any of these three bonds, and thus, is not in communion with the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church under Pope, the successor of Saint Peter’, the diocese declared.
‘Therefore, the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, led by Most Rev. Callistus V.C. Onaga, hereby disassociates herself completely from the activities of the Simulated Roman Catholic Church and warns all her faithful to beware of them, their activities and movements. Do not be lured by their claims, promises, simulations and religious enticements. They are ‘fake Roman Catholic church’, the statement added.
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