Africa is home to an estimated 265 million Catholics. Many countries across Africa have laws that criminalize homosexuality — some even imposing the death penalty. Bishops in countries such as Malawi, Zambia and Nigeria have distanced themselves from the Pope’s announcement that priests may now bless same-sex couples. As Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman reports from Accra, that’s also the case in Ghana.
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