Let’s Be “actively engaged in safeguarding creation”: Catholic Bishop in Ghana Urges Inclusive Debate on Climate Change

Sekondi-Takoradi, 06 July, 2025 / 11:54 pm (ACI Africa).

God’s creation and His plans for it needs to be safeguarded, Bishop  John Baptist Attakruh of Ghana’s Catholic Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi has said. 

In a July 3 lecture that was part of Centenary celebrations of the Knights and Ladies of Marshall, Bishop Attakruh emphasized the need for all citizens of the globe to be “actively engaged” in protecting what God has put into being as “a sign of our respect for God’s plan of creation.”

He denounced far-reaching damage to the planet earth, with ordinary people bearing the brunt. He said, “Whether we acknowledge it or not, the effects of climate change affect all of us.”

“In fact, the effects are borne by the most vulnerable people at home and around the world,” Bishop Attakruh said on the first of the two-day 2025 Marshall Moreau Murat memorial lectures realized at Our Lady Star of the Sea Cathedral of his Metropolitan See. 

For him, “The debate on global warming and climate change can no longer be relegated to environmentalists, economists, or politicians alone.”