Tag Archives: CATHOLIC

    Politicians and Ghanaians have been advised by the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference not to use religion as a political tool. Attempts in Ghana “to introduce and inflame religious passion in political discourse and activities” were denounced by the Bishops’ Conference. In a communiqué released following its annual plenary …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has threatened to round up Catholic faithful who visit a global pilgrimage site in his country, accusing them of “worshipping poverty”. Every year thousands of people, many travelling for several days on foot, visit Kibeho, a town in southern Rwanda where the Virgin Mary is said …

The Catholic Church says it is shepherding a class-action lawsuit through the courts against mining companies in South Africa on behalf of coal miners with lung disease. The Southern African Bishops Conference said on Wednesday that lawyers filed papers with South Africa’s High Court on Tuesday. “Very often ex-mine workers …

A female singer at one of the leading churches in Ghana, the Royalhouse Chapel International (RCI), has shared her testimony of how she literally went through Hell in her life, just because she did not have any helper growing up. Describing herself as a marketing director for Jesus, the woman, …

The Ghanaian Muslim community on Saturday, April 22, 2023, climaxed their 30-day Ramadan fasting period. For the Assistant Parish Priest of the Catholic Church in Asamankese, the day which was marked mainly with prayers and other activities, provided an opportunity to share love with his Muslim brothers and sisters and …

What can cause a grown woman drenched in tears to dive into the grave of a Parish Priest being laid to rest at the cemetery? A viral clip of a female sympathizer falling face flat on a coffin inside a grave pit with a scream “eiii Father Bernard” has made …

A Nicaraguan court sentenced Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez to more than 26 years in prison on Friday, a day after the cleric and critic of President Daniel Ortega turned down an offer to be sent to the United States as part of a prisoner release. Alvarez was found guilty of …

Bishop Xavier Novell of Spain has reportedly left the Catholic Church after falling in love with an author of demonic erotic novels. The 52-year-old priest, who became Spain’s youngest bishop in 2010, submitted his resignation at the end of last month, citing “personal reasons”. According to the Catholic website Religión …

The parish priest of St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church in Kafin-koro in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, Rev Father Isaac Achi, has been burnt to death by armed bandits. It was gathered that the bandits who invaded his residence at 3 am on Sunday, January 15, 2023, …

The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, Bishop Matthew Gyamfi, has taken on CNN over its report that cited it, among other churches in Ghana, as having received foreign aid and funding from United States, United Kingdom, and European donors who support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex …