Nigeria: The Shoes of the Fisherman

16 February 2013
opinion

If you want to start an unending argument, say something even slightly disparaging of the Pope to a Roman Catholic faithful. (And that, I confess, includes some of my loved ones.) I am very careful when I have to say anything about "Christ's Representative on Earth" whom I actually hold in very high esteem, though my "Ave Maria" no longer swells with the passion of younger days.

Yes, I was a Roman Catholic worshipper, among other things which I really have neither cause to regret, nor great joy to recall. I then found it quite comfortable to revel in what I believed to be the genuineness of the faith, though I could not help wondering why it had to be stamped with the identity of a particular nationality.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.