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
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July 27, 2012
The Catholic University in Zimbabwe (CUZ) recently beat other universities in the country to clinch the Boost Students in Free Enterprise (Sife) national competition held in Harare. CUZ’s projects sought to help the underprivileged in rural settings, particularly orphans and prisoners, and impressed the judges because of their sustainability. In
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July 15, 2012
Even in Mbare you need to use “politically correct language.” I have learnt that handicapped people want to be called “differently abled”. At least those fluent in English – the Shona speakers don’t know what the fuss is all about. “AIDS orphans,” I am told, is discriminatory, even though it describes
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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
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July 11, 2012
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
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July 6, 2012
Distressed companies in Zimbabwe hope to leverage on superpopular church leaders like Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa as well as get free prison labour from government. Speaking at the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting in Victoria Falls recently, TN Holdings chairperson Tawanda Nyambirai said business should engage churches which
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July 3, 2012
The Zimbabwe Catholic Council for the Laity is to hold the first ever pan-Zimbabwean congress in Harare in September this year and there are expected to be around a million Catholics attending the gathering. Rev. Samson Mutsvanga of Masvingo Diocese confirmed the event which is expected to take place at the
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June 30, 2012
The seminary to most people is a place where aspiring priests are quietly inducted into theology and scriptural studies, full stop. The Roman Catholic Chishawasha seminary is venturing into research and reflections through a journal Vera Humanitas (True Humanity) which is the first publication of such kind since the seminary was
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June 26, 2012
As “racism” takes centre stage in the Roman Catholic St Charles Lwanga Parish in Ruwa (22 km south-east of Harare), parishioners have threatened to wash “dirty linen” in public and expose the priest’s alleged shenanigans. This followed alleged failed attempts by parishioners to seek audience with Father Fermin Rodriguez to get
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June 22, 2012
700 Mukaro High School pupils sneaked out of their dormitories early morning recently and walked to the district education office to protest against water problems and poor food at the school. Authorities at the Catholic-run girls’ boarding school were stunned when they woke up to find the dormitories deserted. All the
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