Ghana's bishops invite Pope Benedict to visit their country next year

Published: 2006-04-24

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Ghana's bishops invited Pope Benedict XVI to visit their country next year for celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Catholic missionaries in the North and the 50th anniversary of the country's independence. Bishop Lucas Abadamloora of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, president of the bishops' conference, issued the invitation April 24 at the end of the Ghana bishops' "ad limina" visits, which heads of dioceses are required to make every five years. "The Catholic Church in Ghana is growing from strength to strength in quality and in numbers," he told the pope. Pope Benedict, in his speech to the bishops, did not mention a possible trip to Africa, but acknowledged the anniversaries and prayed that Catholics in Ghana would continue to grow in their knowledge of the faith and their commitment to sharing it with others.

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