Christians are turning to the occult, warns Central African prelate
October 02, 2014
The Central African Republic’s leading prelate has warned that civil strife has tempted many of the nation’s Christians to turn to occult practices.
“The crisis that our country has been facing since December 2012 has created in us a strong need for security, a desire for revenge, a search for power, inviolability,” Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga preached in a recent homily, according to a Fides news agency report.
“To meet these desires, some Christians have succumbed to the seduction of beliefs and practices which are incompatible with the faith in Jesus Christ,” he continued. “They have resorted to occult sacrifices, carry amulets and continue to go to Mass and receive the sacraments.”
“The poison of syncretism is inoculated and is a trend that is reinforced continually,” he added. “It is time to come out of this ambivalence, to clearly and exclusively choose Jesus Christ and to receive redemption.”
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