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Catholic Church lauds Speaker Bagbin for ‘Christ-like Leadership’ 

The Wa Diocese of the Catholic Church has honoured Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, for his “enduring legacy as a...
Catholic Archdiocese leads protest walk against galamsey

Galamsey: It is time for another protest walk – Ken Ashigbey to Catholic Church

Convener for the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, has renewed calls for a nationwide prayer walk by the Catholic Church to rally...

Nigeria arraigns five accused in 2022 Catholic church massacre in Abuja court

Nigerian prosecutors on Monday arraigned five men accused of carrying out a deadly Islamist militant attack on a Catholic church in Owo, in the southwestern...

Letshego Ghana partners with Catholic Church to power over 4,000 institutions with solar energy

Letshego Ghana Savings and Loans PLC has extended a credit facility of up to GHS 200 million to the Catholic Church, in partnership with...

Kanayo O. Kanayo calls out Catholic Church over black smoke symbolism

Veteran Nollywood Actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has sparked an international conversation after publicly challenging the Catholic Church’s centuries-old tradition of using black smoke to...

Catholic Church suspends priest over secret marriage in United States

The Catholic Diocese of Warri has suspended Rev. Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe from the priesthood following his reported marriage in the United States. This was...

Catholic Church questions IGP’s action on Nkwanta post-election violence

The Catholic Church has berated the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for what the church says was a "lackadaisical" in bringing the perpetrators of...

We’ll reject donations from proceeds of galamsey – Catholic Church to members

The Catholic Church has declared that it will not accept donations derived from proceeds of illegal mining, commonly referred to as galamsey in Ghana. This...
@NairobiArchdioc Archbishop of Nairobi Philip Anyolo said the cash would be returned and declined other pledges from the president

Catholic Church rejects $40,000 from Kenya’s president

Kenya’s Catholic Church has rejected a donation of about $40,000 (£32,000) made by President William Ruto. He offered the money towards the building of a...

Galamsey: Catholic Church petitions Akufo-Addo to declare state of emergency

The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra, along with the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious, Ghana, have petitioned President Akufo-Addo to declare a state of...

Catholic Church to hold protest walk against galamsey today

The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra, in partnership with the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious and Catholic Lay Faithful and Professionals, will embark on...

GRASAG to join Catholic Church in protest against galamsey on October 11

The National Executive Committee of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has announced its decision to join the Catholic Bishops' Conference and the...

Catholic Church to lead protest walk against galamsey on Oct. 11

The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra, in partnership with the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious, Ghana, and Catholic Lay Faithful and Professionals, is set...

Burkina Faso: At least 15 dead in Catholic church attack

At least 15 people have been killed and two others injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday....
COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (2nd from right) being enstooled as the Ekuo Na of the Holy Family Akankuo at the Accra Archdioces of the Catholic Church. Picture: SAMUEL TEI ADANO

COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa installed chief patroness of Catholic Church

The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Commissioner of Police (COP) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has been installed the Ekuo...
Meet the newly ordained auxiliary bishops of Accra Diocese of Catholic Church

Meet the newly ordained auxiliary bishops of Accra Diocese of Catholic Church

The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra now has two auxiliary bishops. The two, both Catholic priests, the Most Rev. Anthony Narh Asare, Titular Bishop of Castellum...
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Catholic church debunks claims of housing evicted students of University of Ghana

The St Thomas Catholic Church at the University of Ghana is debunking claims that its premises have been turned into a shelter for some...

Ghanaian Cardinal elected Head of the Catholic Church in Africa

The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), the association of Catholic Bishops of Africa, Madagascar, and the Islands, has elected...

Chief Imam consoles Catholic Church

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has received news about the murder of worshippers of the Catholic faith in Owo, Ondo State,...
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ECOWAS condemns terrorist attack on Catholic Church in Nigeria

The Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the terrorist attack which took place at the St. Francis Catholic Church in the...

Catholic Church mourns after being hit with sad news

The Catholic Church has announced the death of Archbishop Emeritus of the Tamale Archdiocese, Most Rev. Gregory E. Kpiebaya. He is said to have died...

Catholic Church lost 3% of members to Pentecostal, Charismatic Churches

The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale, Most Reverend Philip Naameh, has bemoaned the drop in membership of...

Catholic Church hit with sad news

The Vicar General of the Konongo-Mampong diocese of the Catholic Church, Reverend Father Augustine Owusu Sekyere, has died. Father Owusu, who doubles as the...

A woman pope? Meet the feminists trying to save the Catholic Church

Ulrike Knobbe, a 65-year-old lifelong churchgoer, had never thought of herself as a feminist. “I was even against feminists for a long time,” she...

Catholic Church sets up medical units to ‘rehabilitate’ homosexuals [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Catholic Church sets up medical units to rehabilitate homosexuals President of the Catholic Bishops Conference, Most Rev Philip Naameh, has revealed that the...

Allotey Jacobs reveals why he left the Catholic Church [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Allotey Jacobs reveals why he left the Catholic Church Veteran politician, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has shared a funny story of why he quit...

Catholic Church holds send-off ceremony for Father Campbell [Photos]

The Catholic church has held a send-off mass for Father Andrew Campbell on the day he retires after serving as a Parish Priest for...

Why Catholic Church built Mosque for Muslims

The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Yola, Rev. Fr. Stephen Mamza, has explained that he faced opposition when he revealed his intention to build...

Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions – Vatican decrees

The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin”. The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the...

Catholic Church ordains man with dreadlocks, tattoos as priest [Photos]

The Catholic Church has ordained a man, Revered Father Leandre Syrieix, who has dreadlocks and tattoos as a priest in Canada. According to Paradise...
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Coronovirus: Catholic Church bans handshakes and hugs

Catholic Bishops in Ghana have directed the Clergy and lay faithful of the church to avoid handshakes and embracing one another during the Sign...

Catholic Church declares stance against legalisation of illicit drugs

The Most Reverend Emmanuel Kofi Fianu The Catholic Bishop for Ho Catholic Diocese, has declared the position of the Catholic church against the legalisation...
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Catholic Church in America needs African priests for its future

In more than a decade as a Catholic priest in the United States, Martins Emeh has served as a pastor, a cannon law instructor,...

How Hamile residents are reacting to Burkinabe caught in Catholic Church with loaded pistol

Residents of Hamile in the Upper West Region are living in fear following the arrest of a Burkinabe national caught with a loaded pistol in a...

Audio: How a Burkinabe was arrested with loaded gun in Catholic Church

The man, who first spotted a Burkinabe with a loaded handgun at the Hamile Roman Catholic Church in the Upper West region, has been...

Real reason why Chief Imam visited the Catholic Church – Spokesperson explains

Sheikh Aremeyaw Shuaib, spokesperson for the National Chief Imam,...

Pope says scandals driving people from Catholic Church

Pope Francis on Tuesday acknowledged that the cover-up of sexual abuse is driving people away from the Catholic Church — just hours before the...

Man becomes ‘deaf, dumb’ after stealing in Lagos catholic church

A suspected thief, Chinedu Samuel, has reportedly turned deaf and dumb after he allegedly stole money at a Lagos Catholic Church. Samuel became ‘deaf and...