Nigerian Catholic Priest Supports Polygamy, Says It Is Better To Have Many Wives At Home

Nigerian Catholic Priest Supports Polygamy,
Says It Is Better To Have Many Wives At Home
Than Have Many Girlfriends Outside
Rev. Father Gabriel Ngbe of Akwangwa
Catholic Church, in Nasarawa State, on
Sunday canvassed the need for the Catholic
Church to incorporate polygamy and some
good aspects of African culture in its doctrine.
The Catholic Priest made this known while
celebrating Acculturation Mass at St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church Akwanga.
Ngbe insisted that the Catholic doctrine must
be amended, especially in the African Catholic
churches in order to accommodate every
member of the Church.
“The Whiteman that brought Christianity to us
mixed the religion with his culture and Africans
just accepted it like that at the expense of our
culture.
“If we did not incorporate parts of our culture
into the way we worship God, our culture would
in no distant time go into extinction,” he said.
Ngbe explained that local foods should
henceforth be used for communion in the
Catholic Church instead of using products
imported from Europe.
The priest also said meaningful local names
should be given to people during Baptism and
Confirmation in Catholic Churches as against
using “English names.”
Ngbe urged members to imbibe the habit of
wearing local dresses during weddings as well
as using local languages for Mass.
He said that anybody who practiced polygamy
before accepting Christ should be given equal
treatment in the Church with those that have
only one wife.
“It is better to have many wives at home than
to have only one and yet have many girl
friends and lovers outside,” the priest said.
Ngbe therefore commended the Yoruba people
for incorporating their culture in the way they
practiced both Christianity and Islam and urged
others to emulate them.