Bishop of the Catholic Church claims that Alpha Hour was taken directly from Holy Hour.

Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra, Most Rev. Anthony Narh Asare has lamented how many members of the Catholic Church have abandoned practices of the church and have resorted to partaking in similar practices copied by other churches from the Catholic church.

Most Rev Asare while calling out some of the pastors for imitating the practices and traditions of the Catholic Church and passing them as theirs strongly criticised members of his church for being a part of the imitated practices and traditions of other churches.

He cited the popular Christian midnight prayer programme, Alpha Hour hosted by Pastor Elvis Agyemang, as a clear example of how pastors have copied from the Catholic Church. For him, Alpha Hour is a variation of the Catholic Church’s Holy Hour, which is being passed off as something new when indeed, it is a longstanding practice of the Catholic church.

Most Rev. Asare made the pronouncements in his speech to Catholic graduates of Junior High Schools (JHSs) and Senior High Schools (SHS) at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Legon last week.

“They are copying us. We have Holy hour, now they have created Alpha hour and Catholics are behaving as if they have not heard it before. We tell you, 6 am, 12 noon and 6pm are hours to pray the Angelus. Now, they are introducing it as if it is something new. They are copying us so don’t allow the copy to replace the original,” Bishop Asare admonished.

Most Rev Asare also took on many radio pastors for copying many practices and traditions in their sermons on radio as if they were the originators of them.

He therefore urged the Catholic faithful to ensure that imitations of their original practices and traditions do not become the original by ensuring that they observe these practices of the church.