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Ghana’s Catholic Bishops have continued their September 11 call for synergy in the fight against illegal mining in the country. In a collective statement, they are appealing to the variety of stakeholders in the fight against illegal mining to play their respective roles to end the vice that is commonly referred to as Galamsey.
Catholic Bishops in Ghana are advocating for re-evangelization in the West African nation targeting Catholics going through “crisis of faith” as well as non-Catholic keen “the Gospel message of salvation.”
Protracted violence in Ghana’s region of Bawku has caused displacement of people and loss of human life and livelihoods for survivors among other negative effects, Catholic Bishops in the West African nation have lamented.
The Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year is pervading deliberations of Ghana’s Catholic Bishops, who are meeting for their annual Plenary Assembly at St. Thomas Obuasi Social Centre of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Obuasi.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga in Ghana has expressed concern over the stalled Anti-Witchcraft Bill that the country’s parliament passed in July 2023 to criminalize witchcraft-related accusations in the West African nation.
The pastoral ministry of the pioneer missionaries to the Catholic Diocese of Yendi has flourished, the Local Ordinary of the 25-year-old Ghanaian Diocese has said.
Members of the Knights and Ladies Auxiliary of St. John International (KSJI) in Ghana are supporting the call by the country’s Catholic Bishops on various stakeholders to urgently and decisively address illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, in the West African nation.
The Catholic Bishops in Ghana are calling for a coordinated and collective effort to address the challenges of Galamsey, which refers to illegal mining, and the resulting environmental degradation in the West African nation.
The president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has challenged Ghanaians to demonstrate patriotism, praying for and working towards healing their country that he said is ailing from social and political challenges.
More than ever before, the Laity in Africa is seeking more involvement in the Church, the Vice Superior of the Ghana Province of the Society of African Missions, (SMA) has said, noting that lay people on the continent are no longer satisfied with being “mere consumers of sacraments”.
A Catholic Priest serving in Ghana’s Catholic Diocese of Konongo-Mampong has issued an apology for leading his congregation to sing a secular song during Holy Mass.
The newly Consecrated Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Wa in Ghana will have to stock anew his wardrobe as he begins his Episcopal Ministry, having been in possession of “only jeans”, he has said.
Commitment to common courses that foster harmonious relations alongside “collaborative efforts” can go a long way in ensuring peaceful coexistence in the African Sahel region, the wider West Africa, and across the African continent, Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle of Ghana’s Cape Coast Archdiocese has told participants in the July 30-31 Sahel Peace Initiative Forum.
Bishop Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier of the Catholic Diocese of Damongo in Ghana has called upon the new Local Ordinary of the country’s Wa Diocese to embrace neutrality in his Episcopal Ministry.
Making citizen protection “a top priority” and ensuring that a country’s wealth is distributed fairly are among actions authorities in the African Sahel region and the wider West Africa need to take to address the “multifaceted violence”, a Catholic Bishop has said.
Members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) have paid tribute to Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, the outgoing Apostolic Nuncio in the West African nation, for his dedication and unwavering faith.
Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, who is leaving Ghana after close to four years as the representative of the Holy Father in the West African nation has said he had good and memorable experiences in the country.
The president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has encouraged Bishop John Opoku-Agyemang, the newly Consecrated Bishop of Ghana’s Konongo-Mampong Diocese to extend his kindness and compassion to all during his Episcopal ministry.
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.”
Mons. Francis Bomansaan, the Deputy Superior General of the Society of the Missionaries of Africa (M.Afr.), has been appointed Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wa in Ghana.