Christianity, Cardinal Onaiyekan, and liberation theology

The Catholic Bishops, led by Archbishop Matthew Ndagoso of Kaduna, on 28 July 2026, paid a visit to President Tinubu in the Presidential Villa for three main reasons – political climate, the economy, and the security. They made it clear to the President that they are not politicians seeking for his job or any other politician’s job. They were not sent by any political party to meet the President. They were not there to ask for personal wealth or oil wells.
They were not there for liberation theology. This branch of theology is a Christian movement that interprets the teachings of Jesus Christ through the plight of the poor and oppressed. Emerging in Latin America during the 1960s, it...