Former students of St. Paul The Apostle Seminary (SPAS) of Mangochi Diocese, will on Saturday donate 80 mattresses worth MK2.5 million as one was of giving back to the institution that shaped the earlier life. SPAS Alumni Association says they have taken this opportunity as they will be holding thei annual general meeting where new office bearers for […]
Archbishop of Blantyre Thomas Msusa has asked political leaders to watch their tongues ahead of the May 2019 tripartite elections, making a direct reference to President Peter Mutharika’s catchphrase “Ndidzakunyenyanyenyani’ [I will crush you]. Mutharika has been using the catchphrase in public political rally to challenge the DPP members demanding that he should not stand […]
The High Court in Blantyre has ruled that the matter in which the Malawi Writers Union (Mawu) was challenging Ministry of Education’s decision to remove its Chichewa Literature textbook from the secondary school curriculum is more contractual and commercial in nature. In 2017 the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) ordered the removal of […]
Vice- President Saulos Chilima has finally broke the silence on the growing calls to contest as presidential candidate in the next year’s tripartite elections. Chilima who was guest of honour during celebrations marking 50 years of St Kizito Minor Seminary in Dedza on Saturday, while being cautious he said time will come to properly comment […]
Parish Priest for Saint Albert the Great Parish of Mzuzu Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father Martin Kumwenda has called on politicians in the country to be united in their respective political parties to promote intraparty democracy. Speaking Sunday when he presided over mass cerebration at Saint Albert the Great Parish in the city, Father Kumwenda dwelled […]
St Kizito minor seminary of the Catholic Church in Dedza diocese will on June 2, 2018 celebrate 50 years of its existence. Communications Secretary for Dedza diocese Fr. Henry Makawa said all arrangements for the day are at an advanced stage. “We expect to have a big function which will start with a eucharist mass […]
State Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima has urged catholic faithfuls to take ownership of the church by fully supporting its development activities through their participation. The VP, who was guest of honour during the Celebration of Patron of Saint: Our Lady of Fatima for Mpherere Catholic Parish in Ntchisi district on Saturday, said most people […]
There were jubilations and celebrations at Zomba Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday when the church ordained 12 Seminarians into deacons. During the ordination ceremony, Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese urged the 12 deacons to submit their lives to God through prayers and an obedient life. “There is no success among priests […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Karonga Diocese of the influential Catholic Church has faulted the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government for failing to deal with lawlessness in the country. Mtumbuka said he was saddened that the law enforcing agencies were weak, especially where some people continue to torture and kill the elderly on suspicion […]
Speaker of the National Assembly Richard Msowoya on Saturday joined Vice President Salous Chilima who was guest of honour at the launch of the Seminary Fund for the Karonga Diocese of the Catholic Church in Chitipa. The Seminary Fund was officially launced at Mubanga Outstation in Chitipa under the theme “Living and Praying Together – […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesman Franci Kasaila said government has welcomed the criticism from Catholic bishops in the country on discontent about social and economic conditions in the country. The letter issued on Sunday calls for a “new era” in the country and comes ahead of Malawi’s 2019 Tripartite elections. The nation’s Catholic hierarchy […]
Archdiocese of Lilongwe is geared to build a new modern Maula Cathedral with expanded capacity to replace the old, Archbishop Tarcisius Ziyaye disclosed this on Sunday. He made the disclosure after conducting a mass at the Padre Pio church in Area 49 Gulliver an outstation of Kagwa Parish in Lilongwe. Ziyaye said the committee oversee […]
The newly formed, fastest growing political party Democratic People’s Congress (DePeCo) led by Chris Daza has hailed the Catholic Bishop’s Pastoral Letter issued Sunday which addresses serious problems that Malawians are facing everyday. The outspoken Director of Public Relations and Communications for the party Kelvin Sulugwe said that it is time to seriously consider the […]
The Muslim Council of Malawi has questioned Catholic bishops in the country, under the umbrella of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), for not talking about increased violence against albinos in the country in contents of its recent Pastoral Letter. The 16-page Pastoral Letter titled: ‘A Call For A New Era In Malawi’, read out in […]
Influential Catholic Church has received a thumbs up from commentators and opposition for its continued stand to proclaim the truth as the bishops in Malawi issued a Pastoral Letter on Sunday as most truthful and a voice of reason which reflects the public discontent. The pastoral letter read out in all Catholic churches nationwide on Sunday—the fifth Sunday […]
Catholic priest Father Ernest Mwinganyama of Mangochi has added a voice on the state of governance in the country by apportioning the blame to Malawians for electing thieves into power and also the existing perceptions that leaders are bosses rather than watchmen. Mwinganyama’s views comes against the background of the Civil Society demonstrations on the […]
The arrest of a Catholic priest in Machinga on suspicion that he took part in the murder of a 22-year old person with an albinism has shocked Malawians, who reacted on social media, saying this is a sign of the end of the world. Father Thomas Muhosha of Mulombozi Parish in Zomba was arrested on Monday and […]
President Peter Mutharika has agreed to help in cash and kind to a request from Chingazi Catholic Parish in Thyolo District but said the church should be grateful of the help he offers to the church. “As government, we do all we can to help the church but when we do so, you turn down […]