The need to worship God at all times has seen the mushrooming of afternoon prayers at most of the churches dotted around the Bulawayo Central Business District. Such prayers also known as the Lunch-Hour Prayers are held at Word of Life International Ministries, Celebration Church, Harvest House International, Family Of ...

According to In Touch, an e-newsletter of Jescom Zimbabwe,  Fr Chiedza Chimhanda SJ, rector of St George’s College, was appointed Delegate for Formation, succeeding Fr Anthony Berridge SJ who held that position for ten years.   The Delegate for Formation assists the Jesuit Provincial Superior in all matters relating to the formation ...

According to The Standard, visually impaired pupils will soon have improved supply of textbooks just like their sighted counterparts, thanks to the work of Sister Catherine Jackson, OP, a Harare-based Catholic nun. When many local publishers were jostling over a government printing contract to supply school textbooks under the US$70-million government-UNICEF ...

At the beginning of May, Mr. James Kuseri, who this month completes 30 years of service to the Apostolic Nunciature in Harare,  was awarded the Vatican Benemerenti medal.   Mr Kuseri joined the Nunciature in Harare  on May 3 1981, as the official driver of the papal embassy. He has been with the ...

James Kirchick, who has reported from Zimbabwe, in a recent article entitled “Love the Sinner. Why is Robert Mugabe visiting the Vatican?” analyzes the uneasy relationship between the Vatican and Zimbabwe’s President. “Robert Mugabe has long been an admirer of the Catholic Church. Born at a Catholic mission station in ...

Members of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Catholic Society recently visited Mustard Seed Orphanage in Bulawayo as part of the group’s social ministry, says the former chairperson of the society, Fredrick Chisero. Speaking to RelZim.org on Saturday, Chisero said the outreach to the Wood Ville suburb-located home ...

Soccer supporters the world over watch matches and do not run around the stadium and spend more energy than the players themselves. But Michael Chindowa affectionately known in the football family as Chuchu is a rarity. His passion for soccer developed from listening to soccer commentaries on radio in the church ...

The Associated Press has reported that a government minister and a Roman Catholic priest were arrested and detained by police for holding a memorial service for victims of  the Gukurahundi massacres. Moses Mzila-Ndlovu, a co-minister in the state national healing commission and a member of the former opposition in Zimbabwe’s fragile ...