Cleric urges prayer to end pandemic

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has urged the church to invoke the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the end of the Coronavirus pandemic.Kaigama, who gave the charge in his homily at St Anthony Jabi in Abuja, stressed that the church should ceaselessly pray against insecurity and other vices across the nation.He said the church should specially remember those most affected by the pandemic and insecurity by praying the Holy Rosary personally.And, to link up to Catholic Shrines around the world where prayers will be going on.The Holy Father is requesting that during this month of May, the month of Mary, the entire church should invoke the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the end of the coronavirus pandemic.To specially remember those most affected by the pandemic by praying the Holy Rosary personally and linking up to Catholic Shrines around the world where prayers will be going on, he said.The Archbishop, who also called for ceaseless prayer against insecurity and other vices, noted that the country was reckoned as one of the most religious nations on earth.
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