The Parliamentary Liaison Office of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) recently celebrated Mass at Parliament Building with Members of Parliament who are currently meeting at Parliament building in Lilongwe where the officer responsible, Fr. Henry Chinkanda challenged them to radiating God’s life in whatever they do. The Mass which was celebrated under the theme […]
The article on Nyasa Times, “Malawi not secular state…” http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi-not-secular-state-says-catholic-cleric/ caught my attention and compelled me to make a contribution. As a pro-life advocate in the just ended “Citizen March for Life” – I am in agreement with Fr. Saindi’s arguments that the current portrayal of Malawi as a secular state is false, in other […]
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health Juliana Lunguzi has assured the faith organisations and citizens who took part in the pro-life march on Tuesday and petitioned parliament against backing government bid to legalise abortion and homosexuality. Lunguzi, who is also Dedza East MP (Malawi Congress Party-MCP), received the petition on behalf of Parliament, and was […]
As hundreds of ctitiens took to the streets across Malawi on Tuesday to expres their opposition to all forms of abortion and affirmed their support for the right to the natural family and the life of unborn children, government has said there in no ‘Abortion Bill’ that Parliament will debate. Two of the country’s major […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) and Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) have announced that all is set for Tuesday’s 6th December nationwide demonstrations against pregnancy termination, among others. The two faith organisations announced their plan to hold a nationwide protests against legalization of abortion and homosexuality dubbed Citizen’s March for Life and Family. According […]
Human rights advocacy body, Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) has criticised plans for Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) alongside Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) to hold a demonstration against abortion law and homosexuality to be held on Tuesday 6th December in all districts across the country. In what they are terming ‘citizen march […]
For the first time in centuries, the Catholic Church and Protestant Churches in Malawi have formed a united front against a common enemy, proponents of same sex marriages and wanton abortion as momentum gathers for the planned public protest match by all the faithfuls of the two groupings next Tuesday, December 6. In a communiqué […]
Malawi Catholic legislators have been asked to be defenders of life which is now facing threat particularly from legislations that are proposing termination of life for unborn babies. During the Holy Mass with Catholic Parliamentarians, Catholic Parliament Liaison Officer, Fr. Henry Chimkanda, emphasised that this is a very time that Catholic legislators must be “ambassadors […]
Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) alongside Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) have announced details of the a demonstration which they have against abortion law and homosexuality to be held on 6th December in all districts across the country. In what they are terming ‘citizen march for life and family’, the two churches says the march […]
Executive Board Member for Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) Reverend Macdonald Sembereka has insisted that Malawi needs at all cost to adopt the newly proposed Abortion Laws which he said will greatly assist in reducing cases of maternal deaths. Sembereka was speaking prior to the March protest against the legalization of Abortion in Malawi […]
Church bodies in Malawi are urging citizens to spiritedly participate in nationwide protests against abortion planned for December 6. The bodies, Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) and Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), say the march will act as a tool to remind all those that are advocating for the same that human life is sacred. ECM […]
Two influential church mother bodies, the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) of the Catholic Church and the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) –an umbrella mother body of 122 Christian denominations and organisations- have described the added conditions in the proposed Termination of Pregnancy Bill as mere scapegoat and trap, saying they will take to the […]
Honorable members of Parliament (MPs) the ball is in your court. We are at that point when the democratic principles of representation fail the public conscience. We are hearing that the “Termination of Pregnancy Bill” may be tabled in Parliament in the next sitting. The pressure to legalise the termination of human life is finally […]
Chairman for the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa of Blantyre Archdiocese has condemned the Termination of Pregnancy Bill being advocated and campaigned by different quarters of the society in Malawi saying the Catholic Church is not in support of the idea, reaffirming respect for the sanctity of life. .Archbishop Msusa was speaking […]
The CCAP Synod of Livingstonia has said it is not part of Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) leadership position on abortion, stating that the position of the Synod on abortion remains no. Last week, Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) executive board chairperson Reverend Alex Maulana during a 2 day consultation meeting jointly organized by MCC, […]
The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), an umbrella mother body of 122 Church denominations and Christian organisations, has called on Members of Parliament to reject the Termination of Pregnancy Bill if tabled in the next sitting of Parliament, arguing the bill promotes the culture of death. Government is set to table a Termination of Pregnancy […]
Some clerics under the banner if Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) are now backing a bill aimed at preventing unsafe abortions called Termination of Pregnancy Bill. Termination of Pregnancy Bill awaits Parliament’s enactment. Grounds for pregnancy termination in the bill include rape, incest, foetus deformation and pregnancies that endanger women’s lives or may cause mental […]
The Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission (EPJC) of Evangelical Association of Malawi has shifted the planned protests against abortion and homosexuality calls from 17t October to November 2016. A few weeks ago the Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission announced its plans to hold what they call “the Citizen’s March for Life and Family” in all […]