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… He said Pope Leo XIV formally apologised on behalf of the Catholic Church for their role in legitimising the slave trade, adding that the Archbishop of Canterbury apologised in Cape Coast for their role in the slave trade and announced a £100 million reparatory justice fund. …
African Union Extraordinary Summit: Ghana welcomes Luanda Action PlanJoy Online
On October 30, 2025, I respectfully petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to reconsider the proposed arrangement for the establishment of a university in the Savannah Region through a partnership between the Government of Ghana and the Catholic Church. …
A reflection on the proposed university for Savannah RegionJoy Online
… Education In education, Mr Isang proposes support for the FIC Brothers, the Catholic Church and other Christian churches in Nandom to establish a fund for needy but brilliant students. …
NPP parliamentary aspirant Sylvester Isang unveils eight-point ‘Nandom agenda’ ahead of primaryJoy Online
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has appealed to faith-based organisations, particularly the Catholic Church, to partner with the government in completing some of the stalled Agenda 111 hospital projects across the country. …
Health Minister seeks Catholic Church’s support to complete stalled Agenda 111 hospitalsJoy Online
… He said the Catholic Church had joined forces with the Muslim community because the issue affects the entire nation and requires a collective response involving religious leaders, government, schools, parents and communities. …
Student indiscipline is a crisis of values, not just bad behaviour – Rev. GyamfiJoy Online
… Participants included representatives of the security services, academia, civil society organisations, the Office of the National Chief Imam, the Catholic Church, development partners and the media. …
Stakeholders assess Ghana’s preparedness for Sahel security threatsThe Chronicle
… Since becoming the head of the Catholic Church in May 2025, the Pope has repeatedly called for greater support for migrants and criticised anti-migrant policies. …
Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants as he visits gateway islandJoy Online
… Although Pope Benedict XVI repealed the excommunication in 2009 in an unsuccessful attempt to heal the rift, Pope Leo is also expected to exclude the new bishops from the Catholic Church. …
Controversial bishops ordained as Pope warns of ‘schism’ in Catholic ChurchJoy Online
… Among them, he cited the apology by Pope Leo XIV for the role played by the Catholic Church in legitimising slavery through Papal Bulls and theological doctrines that justified the enslavement of Africans. …
Next Steps: Victory on reparatory justice is on the horizon – AblakwaJoy Online
… Ablakwa pointed to a series of recent apologies and acknowledgements from global institutions as evidence of growing momentum. “We have all heard the apology from Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Catholic fraternity, apologising for the role of the Catholic Church and the papal bull …
Ablakwa says critics of UN slavery resolution are ‘revising their notes’ as reparations gain momentumIsraeli police arrested 10 suspects in the occupied West Bank following attacks by settlers on an American journalist and European diplomats last week. The arrests come as settler violence during the olive harvest season reaches record levels, with a human rights group documenting 269 incidents over 20 days.
19 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Israeli police arrested 10 suspects in the occupied West Bank following attacks by settlers on an American journalist and European diplomats last week. The arrests come as settler violence during the olive harvest season reaches record levels, with a human rights group documenting 269 incidents over 20 days.
19 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Cabinet has approved a Host Country Agreement between Ghana and the Holy See, which will now go to Parliament for ratification. The agreement establishes a framework for relations between the two parties, including provisions on special rights, privileges and immunities for ecclesiastical officeholders and Catholic faithful in Ghana.
11 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Catholic Bishop Kwasi Gyamfi said the Church has a responsibility to speak on issues affecting human dignity and well-being, including moral and social matters beyond spiritual concerns. He rejected the characterisation of such interventions as political, arguing they constitute efforts to enhance the human person and community welfare.
8 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in Paris attended by an estimated 700,000 people, praising young worshippers for their "enthusiasm, energy and commitment" to the Catholic Church. The event took place on the second day of the Pope's four-day visit to France.
27 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Pope Leo XIV is making a four-day visit to France, with a centrepiece Mass on Saturday in central Paris expected to draw more than half a million Catholic faithful to the Place de la Concorde and Champs-Élysées area. President Macron will greet the Pope at the airport and hold talks on geopolitical issues and artificial intelligence, but will not attend the Masses to respect France's separation of state and religion.
25 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Of 604,567 BECE candidates who qualified for placement in 2026, 527,932 secured automatic placements, leaving 76,635 without—despite 859,828 vacancies across institutions. The mismatch stems from demand concentration: over 313,000 candidates listed Category A schools as first choice despite only 76,000 available spots, while Category C schools had more than 468,000 vacancies.
19 September 2026 · Joy Online →
At the inaugural West African Youth Day in Accra, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Julien Kaboré called on Catholic youth across the sub-region to remain courageous despite challenges including unemployment, uncertainty, migration pressures, and social media influence, and warned them against allowing their frustrations and identities to be exploited to create divisions.
15 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang has urged Catholic youth across West Africa to take an active role in building peaceful and prosperous societies, emphasizing that education, skills training, and access to credible opportunities are essential for peace and prosperity in the region.
9 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr has called for reparations that go beyond financial compensation to include equal rights, control over Africa's resources, and greater collective self-reliance. Speaking at the Youth Forum on Debt and Reparations at the University of Ghana, Pratt emphasized that the struggle for reparative justice is winnable and cited the UN General Assembly resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, and neocolonialism as crimes against humanity as evidence of progress through African unity.
5 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia commissioned St. Jude's Catholic Church at New Weija in Accra on June 29, 2026, which he personally built for the congregation including residents of the Weija leprosarium. The article frames this as a response to criticism that a Muslim should not lead Ghana, highlighting Bawumia's stated pattern of supporting both mosque and church construction.
31 August 2026 · Joy Online →
President John Mahama has welcomed and endorsed the Luanda Action Plan, a strategic framework adopted at the African Union's 21st Extraordinary Session in August, which prioritises early warning systems and preventative diplomacy. Mahama emphasised the need for sustainable, predictable African-owned financing of the continent's peace and security agenda.
30 August 2026 · Joy Online →
A commentator argues that Ghana's proposed university for the Savannah Region should be owned and governed solely by the government, rather than through a partnership between the State and the Catholic Church, citing concerns about long-term consequences of shared public investment.
18 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Sylvester Isang, an NPP parliamentary aspirant for Nandom, has unveiled an eight-point development blueprint covering social protection, agriculture, water and sanitation, education, health, employment, culture and traditional leadership, and ICT, intended to promote inclusive development and improve residents' socio-economic wellbeing.
14 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Health Minister has appealed to faith-based organisations, particularly the Catholic Church, to help complete stalled Agenda 111 hospital projects across the country, citing funding constraints that have left many facilities incomplete. The government is prioritising 35 of the projects and proposes that faith-based institutions could manage completed hospitals on a non-profit basis, with government providing health professionals and technical support.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference has described growing student indiscipline as a deeper crisis of values requiring urgent national attention, arguing that national development requires citizens of integrity, not just academic and professional skill. Speaking at a Catholic-Muslim dialogue in Accra, he called for stakeholders including religious leaders, government, schools, parents and communities to work together to address the issue.
5 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Stakeholders are discussing Ghana's preparedness to address security threats from instability in the central Sahel, ahead of a national forum in Accra. The engagement supports the Bamako Declaration, adopted in Mali in March, which calls for coordinated action to promote peace and security across the Sahel and West Africa.
23 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Pope Leo XIV visited Italy's Lampedusa island to urge European leaders to better help migrants integrate and improve conditions in their home countries, saying those lost at sea are victims of both made and unmade decisions. The visit follows the EU's recent approval of tougher migration rules with stricter border controls and broader detention powers.
6 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
Thousands gathered in a Swiss village to witness the ordination of four new Catholic bishops from the Society of Saint Pius X, defying Pope Leo XIV's last-minute appeal. The SSPX, which rejects Vatican modernising reforms from the 1960s and 1970s, proceeded with the ordination despite the Pope describing it as a "schismatic act."
1 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa expressed confidence that the global campaign for reparatory justice for Africans is approaching a breakthrough, citing unprecedented international support since a landmark UN resolution on slavery. President Mahama, serving as African Union Champion for Reparatory Justice, convened a three-day High-Level Next Steps Conference in Accra bringing together heads of state, foreign ministers, legal experts, and diaspora representatives to deliberate on the next phase of the reparations agenda.
19 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says critics who once dismissed Ghana's UN resolution on the trans-Atlantic slave trade as merely academic are now reconsidering, as reparatory justice gains global traction through apologies, acknowledgements and policy shifts.
18 June 2026 · Joy Online →
St. Elizabeth Hospital at Hwediem in Ahafo Region has launched a fundraising campaign to expand its emergency ward from seven to 30 beds and replace obsolete medical equipment. The 110-bed facility, which serves as a critical referral hub for Ahafo and four neighboring regions, aims to address severe overcrowding that has forced it to refer critical cases elsewhere.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that tithes collected by churches and taxes collected by the state serve similar purposes and both require accountability; the article interrogates selective Ghanaian moral outrage that rejects one while defending the other.
5 May 2026 · Joy Online →
On World Press Freedom Day, Pope Leo condemned persistent violations of media freedom worldwide and paid tribute to journalists killed in conflict zones, emphasizing the importance of independent journalism and the growing threats reporters face.
4 May 2026 · Joy Online →