What Prez. Mahama and Pope Francis discussed

Posted on November 11, 2014November 11, 2014
by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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“Holy Father, good to meet you” – Prez Mahama
“God bless you” – Pope Francis
“Thank you very much” – Prez Mahama
Pope Francis welcomed the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, to the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.
They met for about 20 minutes. Among the topics they discussed was the Ebola outbreak affecting some West African nations. They also talked about the ways in which the Catholic Church contributes to the country’s health and education sectors. The issue of the family, was also a major point of interest.
The president gave the Pope a medallion with the shield of the country embroided on it and also his autobiography. The Pope gave him, a copy of his apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium.
“It’s a philosophical, political, social and religious reflection that I wrote. As a Christian, you will understand it very well.” – Pope Francis
“Wonderful” – Prez Mahama
The president was elected in 2012. In Ghana about 70 percent of the population is Christian. Roughly 13 percent is Catholic.

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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