Church and AIDS

HIV pastor in Hwange: once you discriminate, it is very hard to help positive people grow spiritually

August 1, 2012
The Reverend Thabani Ndlovu knew the words wouldn’t come easy. So he practiced: “I’m HIV positive,” he would tell himself. “I’m a pastor and I’m HIV positive.” On the day he worked up the nerve to say it out loud to his congregation in Hwange, the backlash was almost immediate. “Some of ...

AIDS experts: the cure is not enough, there has to be social justice

July 28, 2012
 As someone living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, Joshua Mavundu would welcome a cure for the disease. He knows intimately its ravages. His weight dropped to 70 pounds before he was tested and put on antiretroviral medication by a Catholic AIDS program in Zimbabwe. Today, he feels healthy ...

Book presentation: “Ted Rogers: Jesuit, Social Pioneer and AIDS Activist in Zimbabwe – A Memoir” (Aug 2)

July 11, 2012
Ted Rogers: Jesuit, Social Pioneer and AIDS Activist in Zimbabwe – A MemoirDate: August, 2Time: 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm Venue: St Anne’s Chapel (next to the Monastery Church), Mariannhill, (South Africa?)Speakers: South African cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Durban Wilfrid Napier OFM, Professor Philippe Denis OPContact: 031 201 ...

Church and AIDS: still stigmatizing?

June 4, 2011
A couple weeks ago, The Herald published the reflections of their “Divine Appointments” columnist Tendai Manzvanzvike on the attitude of the Churches towards HIV/AIDS. Most fully, in an article entitled “Church shouldn’t stigmatise”,  Tendai Manzvanzvike gives an interesting quote from a representative from the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare Dr O ...