7 d. ago Wesley Girls Religious Rights Debate Intensifies Across Ghana

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wesley-girls-religious-rights-debate-intensifies-across-ghana/The Wesley Girls Senior High School religious rights controversy has sparked a national conversation involving political leaders, religious figures, legal experts and educators as Ghana grapples with questions about religious freedom, mission school identity and constitutional obligations. The debate gained momentum after the Supreme Court on November 25 directed the school to respond within 14 […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wesley-girls-religious-rights-debate-intensifies-across-ghana/

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9 d. ago Catholic Bishops Warn Against Policies That Distort Mission School Identity

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/catholic-bishops-warn-against-policies-that-distort-mission-school-identity/The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) has issued a firm caution to the Ministry of Education, stressing that missionary schools will not accept any policy changes that distort their long standing philosophy and identity. Speaking on Sompa 106.5 FM on Thursday, November 28, 2025, the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference, Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/catholic-bishops-warn-against-policies-that-distort-mission-school-identity/

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1 week ago Mission Schools Defend Religious Identity Amid Supreme Court Case

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mission-schools-defend-religious-identity-amid-supreme-court-case/The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) have issued a strong defense of the religious practices in mission schools, declaring it unreasonable to expect these institutions to change their core Christian identity. The joint statement comes as the Supreme Court examines a case challenging religious policies at Wesley Girls’ […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/mission-schools-defend-religious-identity-amid-supreme-court-case/

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1 week ago Catholic Bishops criticise Education Minister over religious rights comments

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has expressed strong disappointment over recent remarks by Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, warning schools not to infringe on students’ rights to practise their religion.

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1 week ago Catholic bishop hits out at Nigeria’s failure to rescue abducted schoolchildren

Nigeria's government is making "no meaningful effort" to rescue more than 250 children abducted from a Catholic boarding school in the central state of Niger last Friday, the main Catholic cleric in the region has told the BBC.

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1 week ago ‘Aid is not ownership’: Christian Council and Catholic Bishops defy calls to ‘secularise’ mission schools

In a unified declaration issued on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) have drawn a definitive line in the sand regarding the religious administration of mission schools.

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2 w. ago Interior Minister rejects Ghana Catholic Bishops’ call for state of emergency

Ghana’s Interior Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, says he will not recommend a state of emergency despite calls from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

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2 w. ago Declare state of emergency in mining Zones — Ghana Catholic Bishops tell Government

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) is calling on the government to declare a state of emergency in areas heavily affected by illegal mining, warning that galamsey has become “a profound moral crisis and a spiritual challenge” for the nation. The appeal was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Conference’s Annual Plenary Assembly held in Damongo in the Savannah Region.

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2 w. ago Declare state of emergency in mining Zones – Ghana Catholic Bishops tell gov’t

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) is calling on the government to declare a state of emergency in areas heavily affected by illegal mining, warning that galamsey has become “a profound moral crisis and a spiritual challenge” for the nation. The appeal was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Conference’s Annual Plenary Assembly held in Damongo in the Savannah Region.

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3 w. ago Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference urges national healing, compassion after El

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has called for justice, compassion, and national healing following the tragic incident at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra during a Ghana Armed Forces recruitment exercise on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.

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