Catholics offer to mediate Zimbabwe election

Monday, August 6th, 2018

Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe are offering to mediate in post-election disputes, to prevent further violence.

Bishop Rudolf Nyandoro, the Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace (CCJP) chairperson says:

“As Church, we condemn the killing of the demonstrators and all the ruthless force used by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and the Zimbabwe Republic Police on 1 August 2018,”.Read more

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