The venue was the message.Bishop Martin Mtumbuka didn’t deliver this at a press conference or a pastoral letter — he did it from the altar, during a Mass built around 125 years of Catholic presence in Malawi. That matters. The Malawian Catholic Church has a specific institutional memory of speaking from the pulpit at moments […]
Officials squirm in front row as fearless cleric tears into ‘collapsed’ Malawi during 125th anniversary Mass A Catholic bishop turned what was meant to be a joyous 125th anniversary celebration into a jaw-dropping takedown of Malawi’s government today — delivering his blistering verdict on the state of the nation to government officials sitting just feet […]
Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) Board Chairperson, Bishop Dr. Martin Mtumbuka, says Malawi’s major problem with the national budgets is not the figures or amounts the government allocates to various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), but institutionalized corruption. Mtumbuka observed that more than half of the money allocated to MDAs is being stolen by some […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Friday led the nation in commemorating the life of Malawi’s first head of state, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, where he gave a spirited talk on the need of the country’s citizenry being patriotic. Kamuzu, fondly referred to as Ngwazi, ruled Malawi for 31 years under the four cornerstones of obedience, loyalty, unity […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Catholic diocese of Karonga on Sunday said although the northern region has produced political giants, the region has been denied development. Mtumbuka made the remarks at St Andrews CCAP Church of Livingstone Synod in Mzuzu on Sunday during the farewell ceremony of the Synod’s former Secretary General Rev. Levie Nyondo. […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the influential Catholic Church has appealed to President Lazarus Chakwera to be decisive in his administration to root out corruption in the country. Mtumbuka made the appeal on Saturday at Civo Stadium in his homily during a requiem mass for the late Archbishop Tarcizio Ziyaye of Lilongwe Archdiocese. Ziyaye died of […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Catholic Diocese of Karonga has called on form four students at St Mary’s Karonga Girls Secondary to be focused and diligent as they prepare for their Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations scheduled to begin on October 27. Mtumbuka said at the 600 capacity grant-aided school, where he also […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka, of the Catholic Diocese of Karonga, has stressed that it is imperative that Christians under his leadership try as hard as possible to support themselves, and not from abroad. Mtumbuka said this on Saturday when he led a thanksgiving eucharistic celebration at St Mary’s Parish in Karonga which has this year clocked […]
Karonga Diocese of the Catholic Church, Bishop Martin Mtumbuka has encouraged parents to take good care of their children. He said this Sunday as part of Epiphany celebration event at St Joseph the Worker Cathedral in Karonga District whose theme was Children are Baptized and sent to preach the word. “Parents should teach their children […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Diocese of Karonga on Saturday said the proliferation of killings of innocent people in Karonga district on allegation of witchcraft is worrisome and urged the clergy in his diocese to preach peace and love. In the last few days, Nyasa Times has learnt, there have been a battalion of killings in Chitipa […]
A Catholic bishop has advised political party followers to prepare themselves for the court ruling of the landmark presidential case and accept the verdict. Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga diocese said this during mass. The presidential case hearing closes on December 6 and the ruling is expected between January and February, 2020. “Whether the party […]
A bishop of the influential Catholic Church says the current wave of post-election violence is a sign of culmination of frustrations by Malawians who do not see the value of belonging to the State. Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga diocese says the frustrations have been piling for a long time and the government has not […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese has urged newly ordained priests to commit themselves to God and be ambassadors. He made the sentiments on Saturday during ordination ceremony of three priests at St Joseph the Worker Cathedral in the district. Mtumbuka said outstanding task for priests was to serve the Lord and help those going […]
Karonga Diocese outspoken chief shepherd, Bishop Martin Mtumbuka, Saturday gave a spirited life-lecture to students at St Mary’s Karonga Girls Secondary School in the lakeshore district in which, among others, posited that the girls should be focused and remain steadfast with their faith bluntly putting it that “life will never be a picnic.” Mtumbuka, also […]
Catholic Diocese of Karonga chief shepherd, Bishop Martin Mtumbuka, has urged the faithful in the confines of his diocese to go and vote in large numbers, assuring them that no one should feed them with lies that the May 21 tripartite elections are going to be rigged. Mtumbuka said in his address at St Joseph the Worker […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka, of the Catholic Diocese of Karonga, has called upon the faithful in his diocese to exercise a sense of diligence in their endeavors if they are to make it in life. Mtumbuka, speaking during the commemoration of St Joseph–the foster father of Jesus Christ–on Wednesday at S Joseph the Worker Cathedral parish […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Karonga Diocese of the influential Catholic Church has guided congregants on qualities of a good leader that the country needs to have through a vote in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. In his homily during the Chrism Mass Service (CMS) he conducted at St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral in Karonga district where […]
The Catholic Diocese of Karonga education desk has bemoaned heightened unemployment rates among youth in the confines of the diocese; and, has since weighed in with empowering the same with vocational skills to desist violence. Project coordinator for the project, Solomon Manda, said as a result of idlenes, youths are at the mercy of people […]