Catholic bishop calls for one-day prayer rally over economic recession

Inemesit Udodiong 16:31 - 20 September 2016

Prayer rally

The terrible state of Nigeria's economy has caused the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri, Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna, to call for prayers.

The Catholic Archbishop of Owerri, His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has called for a prayer rally.

In a directive, signed by the Archdiocesan Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Alphonsus Oha, the archbishop advised all Catholics in Owerri to pray about the economic recession, Vanguard reports.

“As life gets harder, tougher and rougher in Imo State and the rest of Nigeria, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri, His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has called out the faithful to come out en masse and petition God, in a special one-day prayer for peace,” the statement read.

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Rev. Oha also added that “the rally has no political motives, but is rather part of the national prayer engagement.”