Catholic Bishops Call For Dialogue …Warn Against Calls For Resignation Of President

Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia (CABICOL) is calling on Liberians from all sectors of the society to exercise care as well as dialoguing to solve the country’s current socio-economic woes that are draining Liberians of patience and creating tension in the country.In a Pastoral Letter issued recently, CABICOl is also urging Liberians to look at the issues with lenses of patriotism, warning especially the governing class to invite the expertise of those with the requisite knowledge and technical know-how to solve the problems rather than politicizing the glaring challenges.
“It is an open secret that our current socio-economic realities are challenging. However, we believe that with concerted good with efforts we can overcome. These challenges are not insurmountable. Just as in the past with collective efforts and by the grace of God, we were able to sail through the darkest moments of our history; we can also do the same in our current socio-economic realities,” CABICOl reassured.
Regarding the current trend with some calling for the President’s resignation, the group of clergy men stressed that the respect for constitutional authority is paramount to our current socio-political situation stressing the historic fact which demonstrates that non-violence is the golden way towards finding a solution to any problem and that Violence always begets violence; creating a vicious cycle, hence dialogue remains our best and only option.
“As a nation, peace has been our most cherished and yearned for ‘word’ for decades. It eluded us. We prayed and worked for it. We have made some gains. We all need to collectively solidify these gains we have made in order to ensure the survival of our nation,” the Men of God encouraged.
The Men of God then quoted few passages from the Holy Scriptures that Liberians should remember as they celebrate the birth Christ the “Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6)“they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” (Isaiah 2:4).
“This cannot but also be our craving as we prepare for this festive season: total peace and security. Our prayers, words and actions should be towards this noble goal. With peace and security, we gain. In the absence of these, we lose all,” CABICOl concluded.