Malawians should celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in a special way by thanking God for giving them a new Malawi under a female president, said Catholic priest Fr. Joseph Kimu at the start of his Easter Sunday mass on Radio Maria Malawi. Fr. Kimu said God has given Malawians a special Easter by revealing […]
The nine bishops of the influential Catholic Church in Malawi have issued a statement urging Malawians to mourn President Bingu wa Mutharika with dignity befitting Head of State. The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), which represents the eight Catholic Dioceses said a statement made available to Nyasa Times that it was “saddened by the demise […]
On Friday, hundreds of Chritians walked the Way of the Cross from Ndirande Anglican Parish through the Makata Road ending at Ndirande Holy Ghost Catholic Parish re-enacting Jesus’ march to crucifixion and linking it to modern-day suffering and injustice. The march simulates the historic devotional practice of the Stations of the Cross, which recalls 14 […]
Limbe Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church, which hosted the Public Affairs Comnmitte (PAC) conference which, among others, proposed that President Bingu wa Mutharika should step down for “mismanaging the economy” has been experiencing unusual power black-out since hosting that high profile meeting last month. While some areas which tap power from the same transformer […]
Hosanna Son of David!!! The common hymn Christians sung as they kicked off the Catholic Church’s Holy Week celebrations with Palm Sunday Mass, which marks Jesus’ triumphal entry in Jerusalem where he was greeted by cheering crowds bearing palm fronds, according to the Bible. The Palm Sunday, according to the Catholic belief, marks the beginning […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has asked a meeting with the Bishops of the influential Catholic Church to persuade them to tone down their Pastoral Letter expected to be issued at the end of Lent period. Mutharika also wants to meet the bishops to plead with head of Episcopal Conference of Malawi, His Grace Bishop […]
Malawi government is exerting pressure on the influential Roman Catholic Church not to allow a grouping of religious leaders, Public Affairs Committee (PAC) hold their two day meeting on the future of Malawi in the House of God, at Limbe Catholic Cathedral. The pressure is coming after government successfully stopped Sunbird Mount Soche Hotel to […]
Head of the influential Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XV1 has appealed to Christians to take the Lenten season as time to show love to one another and be concerned with other people. In his Lenten message for 2012, Pope Benedict XVI has proposed to all Christians a few thoughts in the light of this […]
Consultations are at an advanced stage to divide Blantyre Archdiocese into two.The new diocese to be created from the archdiocese will be Mulanje diocese, church sources have confirmed. “Yes, it is no more a secret that Blantyre Archdiocese will shortly be divided and we shall have a new diocese called Mulanje diocese. Parishioners are being […]
Influential Roman Catholic Church has urged its faithful to pray for the worsening economic and governance conditions in the country, according to a Lenten pastoral letter issues by the Episcoporal Conference of Malawi (ECM). The letter signed by ECM chairperson , His Grace, Right Rev. Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza, was released on ‘Ash Wednesday’ kicking […]
Catholic bishops meeting in Lilongwe last week told off government representatives Nicholas Dausi and Ephraim Chiume, both cabinet ministers and Catholics, to stop bothering the church with cheap politics. President Bingu wa Mutharika sent the two to register government’s concern to the bishops that one of their priests, Father Piergiorgio Gamba of Montfort media wanted […]
Malawi Catholic Bishops have endorsed government’s move to have male subjects circumcised as significant intervention towards the reduction of the spread of HIV/AIDS. Strong medical evidence suggests that men without a foreskin are 60 percent less likely to get HIV, the virus that can lead to deadly killer AIDS. But the Catholic Bishops at a […]
The ongoing debate on whether the church should participate in politics or not, provokes every vigilant citizen to engage on a noble pursuit of the rationale behind the predicament. Ann Maganga, Program Officer of the Center for Multiparty Democracy, writing on Church and Politics in Malawi said, “According to the constitution, the Republic of Malawi […]
“For us Church, sometimes we are told…not to interfere with politics. We as Church leaders are told to concentrate on preaching and on spiritual things. The Church is therefore seen as an intruder and not part of the society…” These words from the Catholic bishop, Joseph Zuza, Chairman of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), […]
The remnants of the Gomani chieftancy in Mchinji are living in fear for their lives due to persistent police intimidation who are hired by Catholic clergy at Guillime Parish to stop them from claiming 3.9 hectares the clergy has grabbed from them. Group village headman Gomani and senior group headman Chinkota have expressed surprise at […]
Malawi is sinking into a bottomless pit because things have been much worse during 2011, says Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) in Lilongwe Archdiocese. CCJP secretary Mr Peter Chinoko appealed to all Malawians to help improve the economy and help achieve good governance. “Malawi is sinking into a bottomless pit because things have been […]
Malawi’s Roman Catholic Bishops met President Bingu wa Mutharika at New State House in Lilongwe to present a petition and express their worries in person to him over things newly happening in Malawi, Nyasa Times understands This meeting was preceeded by an emergency meeting of the bishops at the Catholic Secretariat in Lilongwe on Thursday. […]
Malawi’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Peter Mutharika, President Bingu wa Mutharika’s brother and heir apparent, has hailed emeritus Bishop Felix Mkhori for his contribution towards the change from one-party dictatorship under Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda to democracy. Peter was speaking in Thyolo on Saturday when he represented President Mutharika at the special celebrations for the cleric who […]