Clerics, stop coveting political seats; you belong in the pulpit

Priests should refrain from hankering political positions or politicking. [iStockphoto]

Billy Graham, the renowned American evangelist, once said, "Evangelists cannot be closely identified with any particular party or person. We have to stand in the middle in order to preach to all people, right and left."

Graham's sentiments are applicable to all priests in their many forms, manifestations and orders. The clergy should avoid being lured into seeking political seats because in politics, they have no God's protection and God is not to blame for their failure or when they fall into political quagmires.