The USA chapter of the St. Augustine’s Past Students Union (APSU-USA) is calling on the government of Ghana to take immediate and decisive steps to restore and reinforce the Catholic Church’s historic role in the management of Catholic schools across the country. This passionate appeal was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of […]
On Wednesday evening, under the domed ceiling of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, 133 cardinals will vote to elect the Catholic Church’s 267th pope. The day will begin at 10:00 (09:00 BST) with a mass in St Peter’s Basilica. The service, which will be televised, will be presided over by Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old Cardinal Dean […]
Pope Francis has the onset of double pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday, complicating treatment for the 88-year pontiff and indicating a further deterioration in his fragile health. Francis has been suffering from a respiratory infection for more than a week and was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14. The Vatican said in a statement that […]
Let us not criminalise people for who/what they are; let us criminalize people for what they do! The Hardtalk Interview: Dear Readers, it has been brought to my attention that the response I gave to a question on homosexuality during a BBC Hardtalk Interview has upset very many in Ghana and probably elsewhere too. I […]
Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first African Pope in about 1,500 years has reiterated his position on why LGBTQIA+ should not be an imposition. In a Hard Talk interview with the BBC, monitored by Graphic Online on Monday morning, [Nov 27, 2023], Cardinal Turkson said although he thinks […]
Clergy and staff of the Archdiocese of Cologne tried to browse pornography on work PCs, its archbishop has confirmed. German media said around 1,000 attempts to view restricted sites were logged when the organisation ran a month of tests on its IT security systems. At least one senior clergy member was among 15 people identified, […]
Pope Francis criticised laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said during an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed optimism that the economy will rebound from its challenges. Addressing parishioners of the Our Lady of Mercy (OLAM) Catholic Church in Tema Community One to climax the 70th anniversary of the parish Sunday, Dr Bawumia said the government was pursuing a number of economic measures to address the challenges facing the economy. “As your government, we do recognise the difficulties […]
The Cape Coast Archdiocese of the Catholic Church has suspended a priest, Rev Father Robert A.K. Oduro for refusing to go on transfer and establishing a personal prayer camp. Rev Father Robert A.K. Oduro had been transferred on January 1, 2022 from St. Paul’s Parish, Assin Jakai to the Archdiocesan Secretariat, Fourth Ridge, Cape Coast, but he […]
When it comes to social distancing, the Church has got it covered. In recent weeks we’ve seen Men of the Cloth getting seriously creative to ensure their parishioners can worship the Lord in relative safety. Innovations have included car park confessions in Dublin and drive-by blessings in the US delivered via water pistol. Now another priest in the US […]
Amidst the growing spread of Coronavirus worldwide, the Ghana Catholic Catholic Bishop’s Conference has issued a directive encouraging the faithful in Ghana to receive Holy Communion in the hand. The directive in the possession of Angelus News also encourages Ministers and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to wash their hands or use sanitizer before and after the […]
A Reverend Sister in the Roman Catholic Church has allegedly resigned and married an officer of the law. Name withheld, BestNewsGH.com has cited photographs of the said Reverend Sister and her law enforcement officer man posing in what can be described as pre-wedding photos. In other pictures, she is seen adorned in her white dress […]
