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Cardinal for Three Months

Cardinal Richard Baawobr, 63, is dead, 92 days after Francis made him a cardinal.

He was the first African Superior General of the secularised White Fathers (2010-2016) when he was appointed Bishop of Wa (400K Catholics, 90 priests), Ghana.

At 5.45pm on Sunday, he was taken by ambulance from the Generalate of the White Fathers to Policlinico Gemelli, where his community received news of his death at 6.25pm.

Baawobr had travelled to Rome in August to attend the consistory, but fell ill and was unable to attend. He underwent heart surgery the same month and was released from hospital only a few days before his death.

As a bishop, he at least spoke out against homosexualism praising a bill that would have increased the penalty for homosexual acts in Ghana.

Picture: Richard Baawobr © wikicommons, CC BY-SA, #newsAxyteohwns
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Cassandra Laments
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Could someone explain to me what secularized means in this context? It keeps cropping up and I don't understand how they can be made Bishops etc if they have left the Priesthood. ????
Sancte Teotónio
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I know from old books that secular priests are what we call today diocesan priests as opposed from religious priests who belong to an order. I can't confirm if its the same context of the article. @Cassandra Laments
Cassandra Laments
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@Sancte Teotónio Thanks for the reply. I looked them up on Wikipedia and it says 'The missionaries are not, strictly speaking, a religious institute, whether "order" or "congregation". Instead, they are a society of apostolic life.'. So then I looked that up and I still don't understand the situation either generally or in this context!!! Wikipedia's not the best place to read up on it all. They …More
@Sancte Teotónio Thanks for the reply. I looked them up on Wikipedia and it says 'The missionaries are not, strictly speaking, a religious institute, whether "order" or "congregation". Instead, they are a society of apostolic life.'. So then I looked that up and I still don't understand the situation either generally or in this context!!! Wikipedia's not the best place to read up on it all. They don't appear to be Diocesan Priests either.
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Ghanaian Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr has died in Rome at the age of 63, three months after receiving the red hat.
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