national constitution - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:53:30 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg national constitution - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Bishops don't want Zambia called Christian nation https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/08/28/bishops-dont-want-zambia-called-christian-nation/ Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:30:03 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=32304 The Zambian Catholic bishops are opposing a proposal to identify Zambia as "a Christian nation" in the preamble to a new national constitution. A statement from the bishops' conference says "a country cannot practise the values and precepts of Christianity by a mere declaration" and, in any case, it would contradict the fact that "Zambia Read more

Bishops don't want Zambia called Christian nation... Read more]]> The Zambian Catholic bishops are opposing a proposal to identify Zambia as "a Christian nation" in the preamble to a new national constitution.

A statement from the bishops' conference says "a country cannot practise the values and precepts of Christianity by a mere declaration" and, in any case, it would contradict the fact that "Zambia is a multi-religious country".

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