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Kenya's 'rapper priest' suspended by Catholic Church
Source: BBC
Kenya's 'rapper priest' suspended by Catholic Church
25 June 2018
Father "Sweet Paul" Ogallo has been told he must pick between his two passions
A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, his superior has told the BBC.
Father Paul Ogallo, who was nicknamed "Sweet Paul", had to "choose between being a rapper and a priest".
The sacred and the secular could not mix, added Bishop Philip Anyolo, of the Homa Bay Diocese in western Kenya.
But the bishop insisted Father Ogallo could use rap and drama to preach to young people - just not on the altar.
After mass, Father Ogallo would change from his priest's robes into his rapper's outfit of T-shirt and bandana.
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25 June 2018
Father "Sweet Paul" Ogallo has been told he must pick between his two passions
A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, his superior has told the BBC.
Father Paul Ogallo, who was nicknamed "Sweet Paul", had to "choose between being a rapper and a priest".
The sacred and the secular could not mix, added Bishop Philip Anyolo, of the Homa Bay Diocese in western Kenya.
But the bishop insisted Father Ogallo could use rap and drama to preach to young people - just not on the altar.
After mass, Father Ogallo would change from his priest's robes into his rapper's outfit of T-shirt and bandana.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44601638
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