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Catholic Church faced with “threat of Islam, exodus of members” – Bishops

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  • yussmont 9 years ago

    The truth will set free,islam is no treat to nayone in Ghana except those of u who enjoy to miniskirts and floating boobs in ur sex factories called the church.
    Peace be on jesus and Muhammed (s a w) our great prophets of G ...
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  • Abdul 9 years ago

    when truth appears, falsehood is bond to perish.

  • Mahmoud 9 years ago

    The Holy Qur’an says:

    Say ye: we believe in God and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, an ...
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  • ZoRRo 9 years ago

    Slaughtering each other and decapitating people who refuse to convert to their religion ? How do you justify such action ? Hopefully GOOD will triumph over such EVIL !

  • ATSU, HO 9 years ago

    EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS THE CAPACITY TO DETERMINE THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD FOR HIMSELF.
    MAY JESUS CHRIST BE PRAISED

  • ISLAM STANDS FOR PEACE 9 years ago

    It is time for peace loving,law abiding and progressive thinkers within the christian community all over the world quickly call this Bishop to order.It wrong to pigeon-holed with this negative mentality. ISLAM STANDS FOR PEAC ...
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  • Haruna Ibrahm 9 years ago

    Ghana Government is not a Roman Catholic or ChristIan Property.Catholics decades ago falsely Converted people by the use of Milk Powder and Obroni Wawu by way of Materialism.Now,we Ghanaian,both north and soth have known th ...
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  • FLOATING VOTER. 9 years ago

    Who says the Bishop does not know why people are leaving.When people become enlightened and can ,with the help of the Holy Spirit, understand,who the woman of Babylon,or the first beast of rev.13 or the little horn of daniel ...
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  • Simpleman 9 years ago

    Once people get to know the truth they will surely embrace it and leave orchestrated falsehood. If Catholics have 72 books in their Bible and Protestants have 66 books, which one do I believe? They both cant be the same. So w ...
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  • a moslem convert to christianity 9 years ago

    Shiah moslems have two additional chapters of the quran. All four oldest manuscripts of the quran contradict the quran we have at hand.

    The additional books in the so called catholic bible are the apocrypha, they are no ...
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  • WO HAW NE DEN? U.S.A. 9 years ago

    THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING AND PAYIG ATTENTION TO GHANAIAN JOURNALISTS OF TODAY, EXPECIALLY THOSE WHO BRING REPORTS TO THIS SITE WILL NOTICE THAT THEY ALWAY MISLEAD AND CREATE CONFUSSION AMONG READERS OF THIS SITE. WHETHER ...
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  • Osei Amiyaw 9 years ago

    My brother they are talking about terrorism in Islam and nothing else.Fool stop.

  • princewilly@ymail.com 9 years ago

    A priest and a taxi driver both died and went to heaven. St. Peter was at the Pearly gates waiting for them.

    'Come with me,' said St. Peter to the taxi driver.

    The taxi driver did as he was told and followed St Peter to ...
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  • kojo 9 years ago

    FUNNNNY

  • Akyaa 9 years ago

    Princewilly is full of humor, eh? we really need that in these days of pessimism. On a more serious note: did i get the impression that the Bishop is attributing the loss of young people to other denominations and Islam beca ...
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  • Ali Kwame 9 years ago

    Which threat did he say Islam poses? In fact, he says they have relatively coexisted in peace, so where is the specific threat? Muslims don't fight anyone in Ghana never mind target Catholics. This is wiered!

  • Mr.Green. 9 years ago

    Do the Africans still have to Worship whitemen and Arabs culture or we should advace our culture to worship it

  • Davidlynx 9 years ago

    which one is whitemens culture?

  • WO HAW NE DEN? U.S.A. 9 years ago

    Mr Green, what at all is whitemen culture? What has your culture given you that you can boast off? Education?==whiteman, Computer?=whiteman,your cell phone?=whiteman, airplane?=whiteman, just name them. We will embrace what w ...
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  • uja 9 years ago

    And how is that a threat. You speak bad english.

  • FLOATING VOTER. 9 years ago

    Which singular institution was a threat to Christianity during the dark days ?
    Your chickens are coming home to roost !

  • Hmmmmm..... 9 years ago

    could the reason for the exodus of catholics away from the church be due to the fact that the congregation is hearing one message being preached by the priests/church, and yet they see them doing things totally different ...
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  • Che Andrew 9 years ago

    Until the Catholic Church in Ghana stops playing the ostrich the membership will continue to decline. Sexual immorality among the Priests and Religious is so glaring yet the leadership has closed its eyes to this immorality. ...
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  • Che Andrew 9 years ago

    Until the Catholic Church in Ghana stops playing the ostrich the membership will continue to decline. Sexual immorality among the Priests and Religious is so glaring yet the leadership has closed its eyes to this immorality. ...
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  • Che Andrew 9 years ago

    Where in what has been published does the Bishop state that Islam is a threat to the Church in Ghana? He even praised the peaceful co-existence of the two religion and prays that it continues. Do some journalist take narcotic ...
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  • KUFUOR 9 years ago

    Truth be said in Ghana the semi-illiterate MEDIA is our biggest treat there is no where in this write up that has a correlation to the headline.

  • Saddam Hussein 9 years ago

    i do not know what " challenge " the journalist was talking about. Or should i say the Bishop? The editor and writer of the story should explain things cause it makes me doubt their professionalism and comprehension . Is ther ...
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  • princewilly@ymail.com 9 years ago

    Father O'Malley was driving down to Boston when got stopped for speeding in Medford. The highway patrol officer smelled alcohol on the priest's breath and then saw an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car.

    He said, 'Fa ...
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  • Yaw Thomas Alias Alakpato from Awiebo 9 years ago

    in fact i don,t understand why people contradict themselves anytime they talk against Islam?the answer is Allah is great.U can see it clearly that, the title of the article and the message in the article does not tally.the Bi ...
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  • Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

    Its nt a religion is a political party but Islam is a religion

  • Sally 9 years ago

    STOP BANGING LITTLE BOYS.

  • Rroland 9 years ago

    The membership dwindling is not hitting the catholic church alone, you ask the other churches as well. When priests have turned themselves into politicians and have turn away from the true teachings of Christ what do you expe ...
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  • princewilly@ymail.com 9 years ago

    AS THE CHIEF IMAM SAYS ALLAH AKBAR,THE PRIEST TELL THE WOMEN IN THE CHURCH TO RAISE THEIR LEGS BECAUSE THE SNAKE IN THE BOOK OF EXODUS IS ENTERING INTO THEIR PANTIES SO THEY SHOULD SAY AMEN,AMEN

  • Papa Yaw. 9 years ago

    So

  • Ayuba Zibo 9 years ago

    Islam is not a threat to any religion rather they threat to Islam. please. mind your words and leave Islam alone.

  • Sodayi 9 years ago

    No eligible institution can be built on lies and expect sustainability. Council of Nicea 325BCE.

  • Director 9 years ago

    What 'threat' does Islam pose to Christianity in Ghana. The fact that Islam is spreading faster than Christianity does not make Islam a threat to Christianity. It only means that more and more people are seeing the light. Chr ...
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  • Zufar 9 years ago

    Islam has not been a threat to only Christianity but a threat to itself.You must know that all the sects of islam are enemies to each other.Mohammed even burned people in a mosque when he was informed by his confidant that th ...
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  • Bush (North Ayawaso) 9 years ago

    You're a big fool and stupid for such comments you have to be wise not to be stupid (Islam is never a treat to any one) go back to school stupid

  • danny 9 years ago

    your are not meeting their spiritual needs stop the politics too

  • Wal 9 years ago

    only people who take pleasure in sin are catholics and they are proud of that. No person desirous to go to heaven will remain in catholic church who do not believe the bible but believe human philosophies.

  • 0243578657 9 years ago

    catholics introduced sunday church worship. lf you dont want to be a catholic, worship on saturday.

  • olu 9 years ago

    What a headline?. Who authored the news?. shame.

  • KWAME, BELGIUM 9 years ago

    The are many reasons of defections from the Catholic church. People don't believe in the church because of the sins of the church. The church is stealing from the poor people for the rich, the Priests are fucking married wome ...
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  • STONE 9 years ago

    Kwame Belgium, you're telling lies Catholic Church doesn't take money from members, they take money for better things like schools, hospitals looking after the poor etc.Rather advice the Penticostal churches, look at their Pa ...
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  • Watching the watchman 9 years ago

    Look at the many schools, hospitals and other social services provided by the church. The Pentecostals and other churches don't provide the same. They always preach tithing and the tithes are used by the owner of the church t ...
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  • Nunana Foli 9 years ago

    The church does not come to your aid in terms of hospitalization, help bearing the costs of funeral and direct approach by the clergy to interrupt with members to offer counseling and help and finally, fight spiritually to de ...
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  • GIDEON ATONGO 9 years ago

    Islam is a threat to every belief in the world. They have succeeded in wiping out other religions in muslim countries through persecution and limitation of freedom of worship.

    In non-muslim countries, they have strong lob ...
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  • WUNTIRA 9 years ago

    Unfortunately the church cannot do anything about the exponential spread of Islam. The crusaders attempted by using force but failed. The Western christian countries are doing it now by using the media to create hatred for Is ...
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  • WO HAW NE DEN? U.S.A. 9 years ago

    THE WEST ACCEPT EVERY RELIGION,GO TO ISLAMIC NATION AND PRACTICE CHRISTIANITY AND YOU WILL BE HANGED THE NEXT SECOND, LET ALONE DOING A DEMONSTRATION IN A PLACE LIKE IRAN, THEY WILL BURN YOU.THE WEST HAS GIVEN FREEDOM TO MUSL ...
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  • Steamer 9 years ago

    I don"t think challenges is the same as threat.Some of our journalists have their personal agenda when reporting.The fact is that the catholic church is becoming less attractive because most of the latter-day churches are not ...
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  • Sibdi Balarabe 9 years ago

    Islam does not pose any threat to your Religion is rather your style of leadership in your churches that is causing the exodus of your followers'Sweep clean your house and new line your scheme'.People are now discerning to di ...
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  • Ekow 9 years ago

    When the church has become WORLDLY and corrupt you still expect people to flock to the church. CHANGE the corruption at the TOP and see what happens to the church.

  • Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

    Muslims are closer to God than Christians is the fact

  • USMAN 9 years ago

    You remember somewhere in 2001 when the census figure was released the Muslim Ulma cried foul. The Islamic community raised eyebrows and even threatened mayhem but then Prez Kufuor stood his ground and other scholars like Apo ...
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  • Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

    The best religion

  • WO HAW NE DEN? U.S.A. 9 years ago

    They can be nearer to Allah but not JEHOVAH GOD. We do not worship the same 'PERSON'Our God is difeerent than their god. Their god is the god of Boko Haram, Al qaida,etc.they are really carrying the mission of Islam and the Q ...
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  • Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

    Their only interested in money

  • ADOFO ROCKSON OKOAMPA AHOOFE 9 years ago

    That bunch of murderers, filthy, sheeting and spitting anywhere, desert-minded, destructive, stealing anything,molesting girls all over and very anti-modernity and civilisation.

  • johm 9 years ago

    thanks no wonder you think somebody died to save you . 71 % Christianity and Ghana is full of sin

  • Gina 9 years ago

    Islam under my foot !

  • Ahmed 9 years ago

    Please try to delete the error in your story about "morale decadence posed by Islam" it can never be true and it is very dangerous to the peace and security and the perfect co-existence over the years. thank you.

  • lib 9 years ago

    the birth of mohammed is a curse

  • ASH 9 years ago

    The truth shall always prevail. Don't say what your congregation wants to hear. Tell them what God wants them to do and avoid.

  • PEKI TUMU 9 years ago

    Whne was the last time The Church went on a recruting mission? Do away with complacency

  • Mubarak 9 years ago

    Islam has always co-existed peacefully with other faiths. What's threatening Catholicism is a group of criminals who are using Islam to cause mayhem.The entire muslim world is united against the so-called Jihadist because the ...
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  • Osei Yao 9 years ago

    PEOPLE ARE DISCOVERING THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS BUILT ON LIES. THE LEADERS OF THE AFRICAN CHURCHES HAVE CHILDREN WITHOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTHOOD. WHO ARE THEY LYING TO? THEIR GOD, AFTER THE VOW OF CELEBACY? GIVE ...
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  • Joeman 9 years ago

    The dignifying Priesthood vocation has witness a nose dive because of what people termed abuse of Catholicism and celibacy. Discrimination, nepotism, greed, opulence lifestyles, insincerity among others which the church in th ...
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  • jamesdz 9 years ago

    THREE ISSUES TO NOTE!
    The Priest today are morally weak, chasing even married women! why not allow them to marry?
    The Church today does not help the poor, rather it is extorting monies from the congregation, 2nd collection ...
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  • Joseph 9 years ago

    CATHOLICISM like the ANGLICAN faith,Presbyterian etc is just waste of time.You cannot experience any spiritual growh when you belong to any of these churches.You need a BIBLE believing church which advocates constant prayer ...
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  • K.Mbir 9 years ago

    Please Bishop don't worry let them go and discover the truth themselves and they will come back as I did some year ago. People think by going to a particular church(or being part of particular religion) is what is going to ta ...
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  • johm 9 years ago

    what has islam got to with the decline of catholics ? cry your own cry please

  • Shame 9 years ago

    Talk to your womanising priests!!!

  • OPPRESSIVE POWER OF MARSHALS 9 years ago

    Secret societies in the catholic church such as the marshals professing to be soldiers of the catholic church are making believers lose faith.Some criminal elements in the catholic church have relied on this powerful group to ...
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  • FUSEIN ISSAKA 9 years ago

    ISLAM IS ALWAYS RELIGION OF PEASE

  • yrndi boy 9 years ago

    This man is confused

  • Nima Boy 9 years ago

    Bishop, I pray that,you will be among the chosen once to receive this light. Allaahu Akbar