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Articles by Fr. William Ryan

About Fr. William Ryan

Fr. William Ryan served in the Peace Corps in Togo from 1973 to 1975. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of Washington in 1980. After serving for many years in Hispanic ministry, he returned to Togo in 2006 to become the founding pastor of the mission parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe. His younger brother Peter, is a Jesuit priest who teaches at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit.

The Bishops of Togo on Fiducia Supplicans

December 29, 2023 Fr. William Ryan 7

I’ve seen several lists of bishops’ conferences in Africa and elsewhere that have addressed Fiducia Supplicans and have forbidden their priests to give same-sex blessings, but I have yet to see Togo included on any […]

Reflections from Africa on destroying idols and saving souls

April 18, 2023 Fr. William Ryan 25

When my brother Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J. visited me not long ago at the mission parish here in Togo, West Africa, where I’ve served for the past seventeen years as a priest on loan from […]