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Pope Benedict XVI sets a good example to change the situation in Africa
The recent resignation of the Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI has left many dumbfounded. A decision of great courage from the 85-year old clergyman, his example has created debate as to why the Pope threw in the towel at a time when his church is losing popularity in Europe. The resignation ...
Pope Francis opens the Holy door to the beginning of the jubilee of Mercy
Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday the 8th of December, marking the beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Following him after he walked through the doorway was a frail Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI (88 years), whose resignation in 2013 resulted in the ...
What the Pope’s document on Africa means for Zimbabwe
Between Nov. 18-20, the head of the Roman Catholic Church Benedict XVI was on a visit to Benin, the pope’s second outing to Africa. The official motive was to present the conclusions from a 2009 Synod of Bishops for Africa, which Benedict did in the form of a 138-page document titled Africae Munus, ...
Catholic Pope praises Africans’ ‘joy in being Christian’ in his annual state of the church address
reprinted with corrections and additions from AsiaNews.it Last August about 100 Catholic youth from Zimbabwe went to Spain to take part in the 26th edition of the World Youth Day. Recently Pope Benedict XVI summed up the achievements of this global Catholic event and pointed to the African faith as ...
Jesuit Superior General, Fr Nicolas Adolfo SJ to retire
Jesuit Superior General, Fr Nicolas Adolfo has convoked General Council (GC) 36 to facilitate his retirement as the universal leader of the Society of Jesus in 2016. If the General Council accepts his resignation, he will become only the third Superior General of the Jesuits to retire in more than ...
Living Easter in the Context of Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference once described Zimbabwe as a young nation searching for its soul. That perspective is even more apt during Easter. Without too many material distractions, at least for the majority of Zimbabweans, Easter gives us an opportunity to do both some thorough collective searching for our ...
Celibacy: Double standards at Catholic church
I just don’t understand why nuns and priests should practice celibacy because human beings are born with urges that have to be fulfilled; they have to eat, drink and procreate so as to guarantee that life on earth goes on. But why then suppress these urges in the name of ...
Catholics ordain new Gweru Bishop
The Roman Catholic Church in Zimbabwe has opened a new chapter, in Gweru diocese with the consecration and ordination of Monsignor Xavier Munyongani as Bishop of Gweru diocese. Gweru diocese has been running for 18 months without a Bishop. Speaking during the ordination ceremony, in Gweru at Mkoba Stadium on ... Gweru receives new Catholic bishop
Roman Catholic Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Xavier Munyongani, currently Chaplain of Zimbabwean Catholics in England and Wales, as Bishop of Gweru in Zimbabwe. Mgr Xavier Munyongani was born on 1 January 1950 in Mutero mission in Gutu district in the diocese of Masvingo. His parents Joachim Mudhodhi and Anna ...
ZCBC Pastoral Letter to ZIMBABWEANS IN THE DIASPORA 19 June 2012 (Full text)
Below, RelZim.org provides full text of the six-page Pastoral Letter to Zimbabweans in the Diaspora by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference. It was published on June 19, 2012 ‘There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off ‘ (Proverbs 23:18) 1. INTRODUCTION We, the Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe, primarily address this ...