Pope Francis has made a generous donation of several ventilators to the Likuni Mission Hospital in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The gift was made in the Pope’s name by Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone, the Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi and Zambia. Archbishop Tarcisius Ziyaye of Lilongwe delivered the ventilators to the Missionary Sisters of St Francis of Assisi, […]
Pope Francis assured the faithful that God loves everyone, “even the worst of us”, as he celebrated the joyous birth of Christ when celebrated a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for thousands of people as hundreds of others watched on large screens outside. With a choir singing the classic Christmas hymn The […]
Pope Francis arrived to a vibrant welcome in Mozambique on Wednesday to encourage the country’s fragile peace, starting a three-nation African tour where climate change, poverty and corruption will also be high on the agenda. The former Portuguese colony emerged from 15 years of civil war in 1992 but it was only last month that […]
Pope Francis has encouraged people to resist cynicism or pursuing the “glitter of wealth,” and to avoid seeking life’s meaning in “things that pass away.” The Head of Catholic church speaking to around 80,000 people at the end of his traditional Easter Sunday blessing, asked people to reject wealth, pride, prosperity, pleasure and turn to […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technology Henry Mussa has said government is pleased with head of the influential Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, partners and stakeholders for the assistance rendered towards those affected by floods which have affected 15 districts across the country. In a statement on Monday on March 25, 2019, Mussa said the […]
Asian Muslim Relief Aid (AMRA) has intensified its efforts in alleviating the suffering of thousands of Malawians affected by devastating floods that hit the country over the past weeks. AMRA has moved in as one of the organizations that are providing relief aid to the affected households in various areas of Mangochi. The organization through […]
Head of Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has expressed his grief and closeness to the victims of massive flooding in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, callling for “comfort and support” for victims of the disaster. “Great floods have sown grief and devastation in various regions of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi,” he said, addressing thousands of the faithful in […]
The apology from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to the Catholic Church over remarks by its deputy director of youth Hophmally Makande on Sunday dragging head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, into local politics dominated local press headlines on Wednesday as two Malawi dailies urged politicians to guard their tongues. During a maiden rally […]
In what has become a mainstay of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gaffes, the party has made yet another capitulation by apologizing to the influential Catholic Church over remarks made against Pope Francis by one of it officials, Hophmally Makande, in Bangwe, Blantyre, last week. Speaking to State controlled MBC on Tuesday, DPP spokesperson, Nicholas […]
The deputy director of youth in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Hophmally Makande has bowed to pressure and offered an apology after he was accused of making disparaging remarks against the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis. Makande courted controversy when he told a rally on Sunday that the DPP will not heed calls for President […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said the party will not heed calls for President Peter Mutharika to step down due to old age unless the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis leads the way. Speaking at a rally held at Bangwe in Blantyre on Sunday, a DPP operative Hophmally Makande dismissed calls […]
Archbishop Tarcisius Ziyaye of the Catholic Lilongwe Archdiocese, has offered a message of love and hope on Easter Sunday, urging the faithful to pray and love one another, saying if everyone in this country stood steadfast by the principle of the common good Malawi would have been a far much better place. His Grace Ziyaye said during […]
For Tamandani Mervis Kamuyanja of Malawi, meeting Pope Francis in Rome and being listened to by him was extremely important. Throughout the week-long Pre-Synodal meeting, with animators and among colleagues, she felt she could express herself without fear of being judged. “In his opening remarks, the Pope was like, you know what, I want you […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) through its relief and development arm, Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM) has embarked on food distribution exercise in all the eight dioceses in the country. His Holiness Pope Francis donated $500 000 (about 365 Million Malawi Kwacha) to the hunger stricken families in Malawi who were affected by the dry spell. […]
Dedza Catholic Diocese with assistance from Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church has embarked on relief maize to 16,000 hunger- stricken families in Ntcheu. Speaking Monday at Sharp Valley in Ntcheu when he launched the distribution exercise, Bishop of Dedza Diocese, Emmanuel Kanyama said the Catholic Church believes in doing what it preaches, hence […]
Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), the supreme council of the influential Catholic Church has said Pope Francis was giving his personal opinion when he said the church should consider ordaining married men – under very specific circumstances – to address the shortage of Catholic priests. Father Henry Saindi General Secretary for Episcopal Secretary of Malawi […]
His Holiness Pope Francis has gone out of Catholic Church’s principles and practice and gave $500 000 (about K365 million) to the government of Malawi to mitigate the hunger crisis. The donation has been announced after the Head of the influential Catholic Church recently met Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima in Vatican. Chilima, a devout Catholic […]
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima is travelling to Rome, Italy’s capital, and will head to the Vatican, a separate state, for a one day official visit, his press officier has dislcosed. Pilirani Phiri, the spokesman for the Vice President, said on Tuesday that Chilima, a devout Catholic will attend thw General Audience iat the Vatican […]