Vatican appoints Kukah into advisory council
Kukah
CATHOLIC Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, His Lordship Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has been appointed a member of the Abdullahi Ibn Abdulaziz International Council for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue Advisory Board with headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
By this appointment, Bishop Kukah will represent the African continent and serve along with other Catholic Bishops representing Asia, Europe, Middle East and the United States of America as the official Vatican representatives in the Council.
The Council is made up of members from the various religious traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam among others.
A statement by the Director of Social Communication, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Fr. Onuh Ladi Sixtus said: “The role of the Advisory Forum is to support the Centre in achieving its vision and mission anchored on the principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particular the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. The Forum believes that these equal and inalienable rights are the foundation for freedom, justice and peace in the world.
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Nebulousness or Compromise?
What exactly does this mean? “Advisory Forum is to support the Centre in achieving its vision and mission anchored on the principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particular the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.”!!!!
What exactly is their function? Freedom of thought? I do not know HOW anyone that can read my thought to the point of curtailing it!
What does the United Nations General Assembly do? Why duplicate its function? Why another world body instead of wasting money having multitudes of sittings and meetings? Why not use the money to alleviate hunger, poverty, migration of people across dinky and rickety boats across the Mediterranean with resultant loss of hundreds of lives?
These people are either not serious or have an unseen agenda! Watch out we are watching!
We will review and take appropriate action.