Caritas official: Ghana’s Covid-19 policy good, but implementation weak

The head of Caritas Ghana said although the government of the West African country had good policies in mitigating Covid-19, its approach to implementing the policies was weak. Samuel Zan Akologo, executive secretary of Caritas Ghana, said the several side events and fringe meetings at this year’s UN high-level political forum, which focused on the... Read More

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July 13, 2020

Virtual pilgrimage to Lourdes on Thursday 16th July to affirm prayer against Covid-19

An international virtual pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Lourdes, France, will “affirm the power of prayer” against Covid-19, said the shrine’s vice rector. “Lourdes is all about spiritual and physical healing, and we’ve received 15,000 prayer petitions daily throughout the lockdown from around the world – for people about to die or fearing infection,” said... Read More

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June 22, 2020

One Mass celebrated every 23 seconds for charity’s supporters

By John Newton Mass was celebrated roughly every 23 seconds somewhere around the world in 2019 for the intentions of a Catholic charity’s supporters. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) sends stipends from its benefactors to help priests where the Church is suffering or in dire need. According to ACN’s recently-released international annual report... Read More

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June 5, 2020

African bishops call for solidarity, including debt cancellation

Africa’s Catholic bishops have called on donor countries and agencies to exercise solidarity with the continent – including cancelling debt – as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit hard. In its 31st May statement, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences in Africa and Madagascar also urged the African Union to sensitise its member countries to contribute... Read More

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May 13, 2020

Dermot O’Leary backs appeal to help poorest beat Covid-19

Catholic TV and radio presenter Dermot O’Leary has urged the British public to donate to a coronavirus appeal for people living in some of the poorest countries in the world. The X Factor host is backing UK aid agency CAFOD’s fundraising campaign so that those in developing countries hit by the pandemic “get some of... Read More

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April 2, 2020

Ghana archbishop: Africans in solidarity with cardinal who has Covid-19

Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie assured Burkina Faso Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo of the continent’s solidarity after the cardinal tested positive for Covid-19. Cardinal Ouedraogo is president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, and Fr Terwase Henry Akaabiam, secretary-general, confirmed the test results. The cardinal is archbishop of Ouagadougou, and Auxiliary Bishop Medard... Read More

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April 1, 2020

Three African countries show varied preparations for Covid pandemic

Caritas Ghana has put in place a nine-month emergency response plan with the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference to ensure that the poor and vulnerable receive critical and basic services in the two archdioceses most affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. Parishes in the archdioceses of Accra and Kumasi will be asked to help in setting up... Read More

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February 5, 2020

Bishops urge Kenyans to respect what former president did for country

Catholic bishops urged Kenyans to respect what former President Daniel arap Moi did for the country, as the East African nation entered into a mourning period following the death of its former leader. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Moi’s death in a presidential proclamation on 4th February, saying he had died while undergoing treatment at The... Read More

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January 23, 2020

No more UK cash for coal says Boris Johnson

The UK government will stop providing financial support to coal mining and coal-fired power plants overseas, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced at a UK-Africa Investment Summit held in London. Mr Johnson told heads of state from more than a dozen African nations that he would end all support for coal overseas from the UK... Read More

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Caritas official: Ghana’s Covid-19 policy good, but implementation weak

Virtual pilgrimage to Lourdes on Thursday 16th July to affirm prayer against Covid-19

One Mass celebrated every 23 seconds for charity’s supporters

African bishops call for solidarity, including debt cancellation

Dermot O’Leary backs appeal to help poorest beat Covid-19

Ghana archbishop: Africans in solidarity with cardinal who has Covid-19

Three African countries show varied preparations for Covid pandemic

UK must ‘put its own house in order’ before hosting major UN climate talks, says CAFOD

Bishops urge Kenyans to respect what former president did for country

No more UK cash for coal says Boris Johnson

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