Misean Cara, a charity that has supported St John of God order in Malawi with over €2 million (about K1 200 000 000.00), has suspended its finding, citing “allegations of abuse against a former school principal and member of the order”—Brother Aidan Clohessy. Last week Nyasa Times published a 10-month investigation by Micheal O’Farrel of Ireland’s Mail on Sunday (MoS) and […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), an umbrella body of Catholic Bishops in all the eight dioceses in Malawi on Friday this week launched a five-year strategic framework that will guide the operations of the Catholic Church in Malawi from this year to 2022. Launching the framework at Catholic Secretariat in Lilongwe were all the […]
The St John of God order covered up 20 child abuse allegations against a school principal and allowed him to work and live with vulnerable children in Malawi for decades – even as payouts were made to his Irish accusers. Brother Aidan Clohessy was principal of St Augustine’s in Blackrock in south Dublin – a […]
Father Tony Mukomba of the Blantyre Archdiocese has died after being attacked by armed thugs in Nguludi, Chiradzulu, the Catholic Church has said. The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) said in a statement that the priest was attacked near Catholic University when his vehicle developed a fault at night. He had to walk to finish […]
The Catholic faithful from all walks of life will in September this year converge at St. Michaels the Apostle Parish of Chikwawa Diocese to celebrate 100 years of the existence of the parish, it has been established. In readiness for what has been billed as the most colourful centenary in the history of the Catholic […]
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc, a subsidiary of conglomerate Press Corporation Limited (PCL) plc has partnered with the Malawi Defence Forces (MDF) and the Roman Catholic Church to plant 100,000 trees this Saturday (January 6, 2018) which has been declared the NBM national tree planting day. NBM Head of Strategy Marketing and Corporate Affairs […]
A Central Region Catholic organization called Marriage Encounter has donated medical equipment which include infant radiant warmer and medical screens worth K4 million to Kasungu District Hospital. Speaking at the handover ceremony on Sunday, Marriage Encounter regional coordinator Dr Paul Kulemeka, said it was their duty as a church organization to conduct charity work and […]
Minister of Information Nicholus Dausi has been mobilizing some Catholic youths especially in the Archdiocese of Blantyre to defy the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) directive for a peaceful mass demonstration on December 13 to push government to table Electoral Reforms Bills, including the 50+1 provision. Nyasa Times can reveal that Dausi, a well known […]
State Vice President Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima on Sunday read out a letter from the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), a grouping of Catholic bishops, asking their flock to pray for, and patronise, peaceful marches organised by the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) on December 13 to register its frustration with the way government has handled […]
Chairman for the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, His Grace Thomas Luke Msusa has challenged those that are pro-abortion and pro-life to give room for a referendum to take place in Malawi, so that the citizenry decides what is best for them as individuals and for the good of the society. He said those that are […]
Kachebere Major Seminary, a Philosophical College of the Catholic Church in Malawi has been re-opened after it was temporarily closed for about five months due to lack of formators to form seminarians into future priests. Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) came to a resolution to close the Seminary and work out on the challenges on […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) and the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) in partnership with the African Organization for Families (AOFF), a regional affiliate of World Congress of Families will from November 29 to 30 hold the World Congress of Families. Both ECM, EAM and AOFF have confirmed about the conference scheduled for Sunbird […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese on Tuesday opened St Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School at Nthalire in Chitipa. The boarding school is situated almost 115 kilometres east of Chitipa Boma where students endure long walks to school. During the opening ceremony, the bishop said Umutaluwabo and Johanesbee foundations from Germany funded construction of the […]
Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima has asked people in the country to remain united in order to attain meaningful and sustainable development in the country and that they should stop wasting time discussing trivial matters. “Let us remain united if we want to develop our country instead of wasting time discussing trivial matters that […]
State Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima on Saturday urged Malawians whose mothers are still alive to love, support and care for them now than wait until when they are dead to show that love. The Vice-President was speaking in Blantyre during the Golden Jubilee celebration of Lunzu Parish under the Archdiocese of Blantyre. Chilima, […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has called on religious leaders in the country to intervene through prayers to end the myths of blood sucking that have rocked some parts of the country. Mutharika was speaking on Saturday when he graced the Golden Jubilee celebrations for St. Kalemba, Bangula Parish in Nsanje under Chikwawa Diocese of influential […]
The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS-USA) delegate, Jeanne Masse expressed gratitude and hope for the Agriculture Initiative program to be undertaken by the Catholic Church in the country in response to Pope Francis’s call to address food insecurity in Africa. This was said when two delegates from PMS (Missio) USA, John O’Neil and Jeanne Masse visited […]
Catholic nuns drawn from various congregations within Malawi and others from Kenya and Zimbabwe are undergoing a month long financial management training being held at Association of Women Religious Institutes in Malawi (AWRIM) Secretariat in Lilongwe. Programs Coordinator for the initiative, Sister Teresa Mulenga of Teresian Sisters says the workshop which is being supported by […]