Walking together:
Bishop from Ghana shares his perspective

By Julianne Nornberg
CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF

	Bishop Lucas Abadamloora

MADISON -- We don't always appreciate the benefit of international relations and maybe the world would be more at peace if it learned to exchange those values, said Bishop Lucas Abadamloora, bishop of the Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga in Ghana.

Bishop Lucas (as he is usually called) shared his thoughts in an interview with the Catholic Herald during his visit to the Diocese of Madison July 16-18.

The Ghanaian diocese and the Madison diocese are developing a Global Solidarity Partnership with the help of Catholic Relief Services. Within the past two years, two delegations from the Diocese of Madison have traveled to Ghana. Bishop Lucas was among the many people who warmly welcomed the delegates.

Walking together

"We have a lot to share," said Bishop Lucas, emphasizing the U.S. bishops' 2001 statement on "A Call to Solidarity With Africa." We as Catholics walk together as a family, he emphasized. "I see the partnership in that light, trying to do things together" as human beings and Christians, he said.

It is humanly and spiritually encouraging to expose people of the same faith to another culture, he said, noting the Catholic faith is the first connection between the two cultures. "This partnership gives us extended family members who strive for the same goals."   Full story ...

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