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ISSUE 36.Cdr VOL. 82 NO. 36 Electronic Edition GHANA’S NATIONAL CATHOLIC WEEKLY ESTD. IN 1938 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 PRICE GH¢2.00 New Apostolic Nuncio Arrives – Calls for Prayer and Collaboration r c h b i s h o p H e n r y k hierarchy and all members of the Mieczysław Jagodziński, the Church for the salvation of souls, the Anew Apostolic Nuncio to intensions of the Holy Father and Ghana has asked for prayers and indeed for the promotion of the collaboration in the beginning of his evangelisation efforts of the Catholic mission in Ghana. He expressed his Church. He sees his appointment as a joy in finally making it to Ghana since honour for him to serve, with all his appointment by Pope Francis on h u m i l i t y, t h e C h u r c h a s t h e May 3, 2020. He explained that the representative of the Holy See in delay in his arrival in Ghana was as a Ghana. result of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Nuncio observed the spiritual which delayed his ordination as a connection with the day he was bishop and also coming to Accra. appointed and the day he arrived in The new Nuncio who arrived in Ghana. The former, May 3, was the Ghana last Tuesday, September 8, 2020 Feast Day of The Most Holy Virgin conveyed the greetings and best wishes Mary, Queen of Poland (Najświętsza of Pope Francis to all Ghanaians. “I was Maryja Panna Królowa Polski) also with the Pope on August 19, 2020 and he translated as Our Lady, Queen of Poland spoke highly of Ghana and asked me to or Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of greet you and to, on his behalf, impart Poland; and the latter, May 8, the Feast his Apostolic blessings on the whole of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin The Nuncio country” he added. Mary. He therefore prayed for a A c c o r d i n g t o A r c h b i s h o p successful duty tour in Ghana. Jagodziński, he is here to work with the Most Rev. Philip Naameh, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference on behalf of his brother Bishops and the entire Catholic Church in Ghana in welcoming the Ensure Decorum in Political Space Nuncio wished him a very blessed stay in Ghana. He assured him of the support and collaboration of the Conference adding “rest assured that we will do all Catholic Bishops to Political Actors that is possible to collaborate with you in the evangelization efforts of the Story on page 3 Continued on page 3 Pope Francis to Outdoor New ‘Gossip Worse Encyclical on Human Fraternity Than COVID-19’ See page 3 Story on back page 2 THE CATHOLIC STANDARD Electronic Edition Sunday, September 13 – Saturday, September 19, 2020 CATHOLIC Science and Faith Together Can Help the Environment: World News Pope Francis unrest.” See press office, the Pope said “In myself, it was a team of scientists, Present at the 2007 there was the Conference of a team of theologians and all audience included the the Latin American Bishops in together we made this reflection -- A c a d e m y Aw a r d - Brazil, in Aparecida. I was in the I called this team and I said: 'This ope Francis says science winning actor Juliette group of editors of the final must come out before the meeting and faith together can Binoche, who told the document, and proposals on the in Paris' -- 'But why?' -- 'To put Ph e l p h u m a n i t y t o French newspaper Le Amazon arrived.” pressure.'” overcome ecological crises, and Figaro in an interview, He continued “I said: 'But He continued: “When I that the Christian commitment that although she was these Brazilians, why do they began to think about this to the environment was rooted in not a Catholic, she was bother with this Amazon! What encyclical, I called the scientists -- the Bible. visiting the Vatican “in does the Amazon have to do with a nice group -- and I told them: “The Bible teaches us that a spirit of openness.” evangelisation?' This was me in 'Tell me the things that are clear the world was not born of chaos or “I see this as a 2007. Then, in 2015 Laudato si’ and that are proven and not chance, but of a decision of God moment of sharing. I c a m e o u t . I h a d a p a t h o f hypotheses, the realities.' And who called it, and always calls it, read the encyclical conversion, of understanding the they brought these things that you into existence, out of love. The Laudato si' on ecology ecological problem. I didn't read there today. Then, I called a universe is beautiful and good, and and it was a breath of understand anything before!” group of philosophers and contemplating it allows us to fresh air for me,” she Discussing the genesis of theologians and told them: 'I glimpse the infinite beauty and said. Laudato si’, he recalled a would like to reflect on this. You goodness of its Author.” Pope Francis Other members conversation with the then French work and dialogue with me.' And Giving a written address to a o f t h e d e l e g a t i o n Environment Minister, Ségolène they did the first job, then I delegation of French ecological Royale, who urged him to release intervened.” this ecological conversion, I would included the President of the experts on September 3, he gave the document before a 2015 “And, in the end, I did the like to share with you the way in French Bishops’ Conference, an assurance that the Catholic conference that would negotiate the which the convictions of faith offer Archbishop Eric de Moulins- final editing. This is the origin. But Church was committed to Paris Agreement on combating Christians great motivations for Beafort, the Deputy Mayor of I want to underline this: from not defending the planet from climate change. the protection of nature, as well as Paris, Audrey Pulvar and Valérie understanding anything, to exploitation “…and above all He contacted those who were of the most vulnerable brothers Cabanes, a lawyer who helped to Aparecida, in 2007, to the wants to form consciences in order drafting the encyclical: “I called the and sisters, because I am certain found the movement ‘End Ecocide encyclical. Of this I like to give to promote a deep and lasting team that was doing it – so that you that science and faith, which on Earth’. testimony. We must work so that ecological conversion, which The rest are Maxime de know that I did not write this alone can meet the important propose different approaches to everyone has this path of reality, can develop an intense and R o s t o l a n , a n e c o l o g i c a l challenges we face.” entrepreneur and founder of the He told the delegation, the fruitful dialogue.” “Each creature, even the organisations 'Fermes d'avenir, Malawi Bishop Invokes Catholic Church “…wants to act Blue Bees and Communitrees', the concretely where this is possible,” most ephemeral, is the object of the tenderness of the Father, who gives economist Jesuit Priest, Fr. Gaël Novena Prayer in the Wake and implored the delegation to Giraud, Pablo Servigne, co-author c o n t i n u e p r o t e c t i n g t h e it a place in the world. The Christian can only respect the of the book “Comment tout peut of Chapel Desecration environment. s'effondrer” (How Everything Can “It has no ready-made work that the Father has entrusted to him, like a garden to cultivate, to Collapse”) and Raphaël Cornu- nidentified persons on August 30 disarmed the solutions to propose and does not Thénard, an architect and a lay be protected, to grow according to security of the convent of the Poverelle Sisters (PS) ignore the difficulties of the Catholic. technical, economic and political its potential.” in Malawi's Mangochi Diocese and “opened the The Pope added: “There will In a related development, the U issues at stake, nor all the efforts be no new relationship with nature Holy Father has spoken of his own tabernacle where they took the Blessed Sacrament that was that this commitment entails,” the “ecological conversion”. in the Monstrance and consecrated hosts in the ciborium.” Pope said in a speech that was without a new human being, and it is by healing the human heart that In an off-the-cuff remarks to Following the desecration, the Bishop of the Diocese, the handed out to the delegation. the French delegation, released He wrote: “With regard to one can hope to heal the world Most Rev. Montfort Stima declared a novena, September 6 for from its social and environmental later on September 3 by the Holy all the Clergy and the faithful of the diocese to “…pray for those involved to be found and for justice to flow like a river.” The purpose of the novena, the Malawian Prelate added “is to apologise to the Lord Jesus Christ for the theft and to pray for those involved to be found and for justice to flow like a 67,000 African Children Risk Dying river.” In a letter confirming the desecration, Bishop Stima said from Starvation before Year End he was broken-hearted, and hoped that “…the Lord will not leave us alone; He is always with us.” just-released report by the “Save swarms of locusts, soaring of food prices In the one-page statement obtained by the ACI Africa, the Children” international and displacements.
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