A crisis of sorts is developing in the appointment of Catholic bishops worldwide as a backlog of 187 sees (excluding China) remain vacant, writes Edward Pentin in the National Catholic Register. Half of Scotland’s ordinaries — four out of eight — have yet to be appointed. The Philippines has nine sees without a bishop, and Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Zambia’
Zambia reverses order to deport Rwandan priest
Friday, November 16th, 2012The government of Zambia has reversed its decision to deport a Rwandan priest for speaking out for the rights of impoverished cotton farmers. Home Minister Edgar Lunga said the order against Father Viateur Banyangandora was revoked following consultations with various members of the Catholic Church and was in line with “the Bible teachings to forgive Read more
Bishops don’t want Zambia called Christian nation
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012The 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
Priest deported from Zambia for sermon on justice
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
A Catholic priest in Zambia has been deported for a Sunday sermon in which he preached about justice for cotton growers. Father Viateur Banyangandora, a Rwandan, was picked up at his residence at Lundazi by police at about 5pm on July 30, and taken to Lusaka, the Zambian capital, for questioning, said parochial vicar Father Read more
Behaviour change effective against AIDS
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Sister Luzia Wetzel, the coordinator of the Zambia’a youth Alive HIV/Aids prevention programme, said, “Condoms are not the solution to Aids.” Sister Wetzel has had 40 years experience working in Africa and believes that rather than emphasizing the use of condoms, behaviour change is the key to tackling the problem. The Youth Alive programme, which has Read more