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Fr. Andrew Campbell with Pope Francis in Rome. Credit: Vatican Media

Missionary Priest Working with Lepers in Ghana Elated at Meeting Pope Francis

Jun 1, 2024

Fr. Andrew Campbell who is famed for his work with vulnerable people, especially the lepers in Ghana has described his May 27 private audience with Pope Francis as a moment he “will never forget” likening the encounter to a meeting with a “saint.”    

Fr. Andrew Campbell, 74-year-old Irish missionary in Ghana ministering among lepers. He founded the Lepers Aid Committee (LAC) in Ghana in 1993 / Damian Avevor

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Eighty-year-old Gladys Adobea, a survivor of leprosy has found home at Weija Leprosarium, a facility for people who have been cured of leprosy that is located about five miles from Ghana’s capital city, Accra.

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