Somehow this reminds me of what happened in Rwanda. It is always dangerous to mix the church and the state

Sindine wa Cathoric ayi koma kodi chomwe walakwa SKC ndi chani? alindi ufulu opanga base yake mene akufunira pano ali ku Cathoric mawa CCAP kenako Muslims kenako SDA kenako ma pente onse sivuto kodi mukumuopa chani? koma inu nkhalambazi mukuzifunabe taonani mwachisanzo PETER VICE wake MSAKA kapena CHAPONDA kapenaso GOODALL GONDWE mulangizi wake FRANCIS MPHEPO koma ine ndiri ndi zaka 28 mukuganiza kuti angandithandize kanthu anthu amenewa guyz tisapange mistake chonde tiponyepo nyamata mwina alephere yekha ndatitu chonde zikomo

At this stage of Malawi politics, churches are only effective at raising awareness to the people whenever the political leaders are failing its people. Their voices assisted in bringing down the oppressive one-party Kamuzu rule. They have also been successful in mobilising people to question integrity of heads of state. The church, has not though, been good at a successful campaign to lift their leader of choice. To be able to do this the church has to be reconfigured from what it is today to a political structure. Unless this is possible, it will never be able to support and… Read more »

There were many Catholics members who voted for MCP in 1994 despite the 1992 Pastoral Letter. Many Catholics know that Chilima is vying for a political seat not a spiritual one hence cannot convince all catholics to vote for him by using the church. Let the involved priests come in the open and announce that catholics should support Chilima and be ready for the embarrassment from the very catholic members. This is a secular state mind you.