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Religion of Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Source: Ghananewsagency.org
2019-04-30
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Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, the outgoing Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, praised the level of religious tolerance in the country and urged Ghanaians to preserve the peace and prosperity of their beliefs.
He felt that Ghana's religious tolerance was a model to follow, as it guaranteed freedoms that strengthened the rights of the people.
Archbishop Speich said on Monday by calling President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the Jubilee House in Accra to say goodbye after a six-year tour of Ghana.
Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich his Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana on August 18, 2013.
The Apostolic Nuncio, who recalled the cordiality with which the Ghanaian people and his fellow diplomats spoke with him during his stay in the country, said he was saddened by the fact that he was abandoning all this warmth and this friendship.
"I have been here for five and a half years and I have had the opportunity to get to know your country better and get to know the diplomats present in your country." I had time to understand and to enjoy your culture and to find good Ghanaian friends, "he told the president.
Archbishop Speich was very touched and particularly grateful to have had the opportunity to meet with President Akufo-Addo to discuss important issues when he took office in the head. from Ghana in 2017, saying that this meeting "testified to the excellent relationship existing between the holy sea."
He added that the Pope's decision to send a cardinal on the occasion of Ghana's 60th anniversary was to honor the President and the Ghanaians and to strengthen the cordial relations between Ghana and the Holy Sea. "It was a very good moment and I want to thank you for your clarity and your friendship," he told President Akufo-Addo. The Apostolic Nuncio congratulated the president for deepening Ghana's democratic culture, describing the country as a pivot on the African continent and urging other countries to learn from these achievements.
He also congratulated the president for the development projects being carried out throughout the country and for his vision and his zeal to improve the socio-economic situation of Ghana.
President Akufo-Addo, for his part, noted the immense and valuable contributions made by the Catholic Church to the spiritual and socio-economic development of Ghana and acknowledged the crucial support of the Catholic Church to the democratic process in Ghana. , thus giving the government commitment to the ongoing development of democracy in the country. .
"We are determined to build a new Ghana in accordance with the rule of law, human rights and individual freedom, as well as the principle of democratic accountability.
All of these, he said, were the foundations and foundations of a prosperous Ghana – a Ghana beyond the aid.
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