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The traditional Palm Sunday Procession will be omitted in most churches across the globe as a preventive measure prescribed by the Church to avoid the spread of COVID-19

Church in Ghana to Skip Palm Sunday Procession in New COVID-19 Directive

Apr 2, 2020

With rising number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the West African nation of Ghana, Catholic Bishops in the country have directed Parish Priests to skip key liturgical observances, including Palm Sunday procession that signifies the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.

Fr. Andrew Campbell, Irish Divine Word Missionary Priest working in Ghana and helping cured Lepers with some volunteers distributing items to some cured lepers in Nkachina in the Yendi Diocese. At the Background is Archbishop Emeritus Gregory Ebo Kpiebaya of Tamale Archdiocese.

Missionary Priest in Ghana Praised as Unsung Hero in Fight Against Leprosy

Mar 2, 2020

Irish Divine Word Missionary Priest working in the West African nation of Ghana, Fr. Andrew Campbell, has been extolled as one of the unsung heroes in the fight against stigmatization of persons with leprosy and support for their treatment and rehabilitation.

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