His Notoriety The Vatican’s Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Social Sciences, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, has counseled prophets and clergy to pray and ask for forgiveness before sharing any prophecies, especially those that foretell catastrophe.
His advice follows a directive from Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, the Presidential Envoy for the Interfaith and Ecumenical Relations Office, which states that any spiritual insight or prophecy involving prominent political figures, governance, national security, or public stability must be formally submitted for immediate evaluation.
Following viral social media recordings following the August 6 helicopter tragedy, which lost eight lives, including two cabinet ministers, the instruction was issued on Sunday, August 10.
Cardinal Turkson emphasized the value of spiritual responsibility in an interview with Citi News on Wednesday, August 13, on the sidelines of a press conference for the August 22 opening of the John Kofi Turkson Memorial Institute in the Central Region, which bears his late brother’s name. His brother perished in the 2000 Kenya Airways Flight 431 crash in Abidjan.
“If a prophecy reveals the possibility of disaster, your first act should be to intercede with God before announcing it,” he said.
“When God shared with Abraham His intent to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham pleaded for mercy. Likewise, if God shares such knowledge with you, pray first and ask for His intervention.”
The Cardinal also cautioned against claiming spiritual power through prophecies, pointing out that evaluating a prophet’s authenticity is still difficult and arbitrary.
“It is interesting when people advise others to listen only to credible prophets, but who defines credibility, and by what criteria? These are questions that need answers. In any case, wherever prophecies occur and God makes His knowledge known to you, consider the content carefully. If it requires intervention, please do that before communicating it to anyone,” he added.
Source: newsthemegh.com