A Catholic Church bishop has urged politicians to embrace issue-based campaign as the country gears up for the May 21 highly contested tripartite election. Bishop Peter Masikuwa said this on Saturday when his Chikwawa diocese commemorated World Day for the Sick. “We want the elections to be peaceful and this can only be achieved if our […]
Top leadership of Muslims and Christians met in Blantyre on Saturday to discuss a wide range of issues including threats from some muslims in Mangochi who have threatened to deal with Catholics and burn down churches. Leaders from the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, the Qadria Muslim Association of Malawi and the Muslim Association of Malawi […]
The Malawi chapter for Catholic Women Organization (CWO) launched a strategic plan on Saturday to guide the grouping in implementing activities to address gender based violence and other challenges women and other vulnerable groups of people face in the country. The launch was held in Chinsapo, a high density resdintial area on the outskirts of […]
Diocesan Administrator for Dedza Diocese in the influential Roman Catholic Church, Monsignor John Chithonje, has asked the church’s faithfuls to live in harmony with members of other denominations and religions and be ambassadors of peace and tolerance ahead of Malawi’s tripartite elections in May this year. He spoke Saturday at Dedza Diocese on the occasion […]
The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) and Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) have added their voices to condemn the spate of political violence in the country. At a news conference in Lilongwe , the local church bodies warned authorities against letting the country degenerate into a state of lawlessness. They […]
The Polytechnic Catholic Alumni Society (POCAS) says there is a lot of struggle among students in institutions of higher learning in the country—especially on issues of tuition—and has since asked for collaborative efforts amongst the citizenry to iron out the problem. POCAS chaiperson, Joseph Dongolosi, said on the sidelines of the society’s planning meeting that […]
The Catholic Diocese of Karonga on Tuesday—January 15—held a church service in memory of fallen Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza of the Diocese of Mzuzu who died in a car crash near Nthungwa in Chikangawa Forest three years ago. The clergy described late Zuza as a “down to earth servant of God.” The faithful on the northern tip […]
The Catholic Diocese of Karonga says it is profoundly indebted to parishioners and all Catholic institutions in its confines for the generous support they gave to the Diocese during the Thanksgiving Mass of 2018. Karonga Diocese was officially inaugurated on November 20 2010 and covers the civil districts of Chitipa, Karonga and some parts of […]
The leader of the influential Catholic Church in Malawi has taken a swipe at state intelligence body for failing to detect a market for bones of people with albinism which has ignited a wave of ritual murders of the people. His Grace Bishop Thomas Luke Msusa doubted the performance of the National Intelligence Bureau, its […]
It is during this festive season that Christians all over the world should emulate the love of God because it the time that we remember the birth of Jesus Christ whom God the Most High gave to us “so that we do not perish but have everlasting life”, Local Government and Rural Development Minister and […]
Archbishop Tarcizius Ziyaye of the Catholic Church’s Archdiocese of Lilongwe has encouraged the church’s faithful to use natural planning methods saying there are many benefits than using contraception or highly effective methods like sterilization, the pill, or the intrauterine device (IUD). Many Malawian women have of late been shunning natural familyplanning methods opting for pills a thing […]
St. Pius Catholic Parish Church of Blantyre Diocese has launched a sign language campaign as one of the means to ensure that the gospel is preached to the deaf and dumb. Inspired by the prayer of a deaf person during 2008 World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia and the gospel in the Holy Bible, Parish […]
Archbishop of the Catholic Church’s Lilongwe Archdiocese, His Grace Tarsizius Ziyaye, has urged the church’s faithful to view the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections as opportunity of reshaping the future of the country. He said this on Saturday at Area 2 in Lilongwe when he opened Bishop Nervi Media Centre. Ziyaye said as eligible voters […]
One of the officials of the newly formed UTM party George Saonda has clamec that he left the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after he refused the assignment to insult at a party rally the Holy father and leader of the Catholic faith worldwide, Pope Francis. Instead at a DPP rally in Blantyre’s Bangwe Township in August […]
A Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Charles Mukhalira Chiuta Dhlovu of the Mzuzu Diocese in Malawi, has been criticized after a picture of him getting comfortable with his staff at Chikale Beach in Nkhata-Bay emerged. The clergyman is captured at the shore of Chikale beach with a lady identified as Grace Mwiwa – one of his working […]
Catholic Church has thrown its weight behind Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese over his criticim to government’s little support to grant-aided schools. Mtumbuka was speaking at Ludzi Girls Catholic Secondary School in Mchinji on Saturday during the institution’s commemoration of its 50 years of existence when he presided over the event and the Holy Mass, […]
Fiery Catholic bishop Mathews Mtumbuka has told opposition politicians to rise up and take their rightful role to fight for the rights of ordinary poor people. Bishop Mtumbuka said this recently when he presided over the celebrations of 50th anniversary of Ludzi Girls Secondary School in Machinji. Mtumbuka said government service delivery is poor and […]
Chaminade Secondary School in Karonga – managed by the Catholic Church – has produced the sole highest scorer during the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) who has hit seven points, the only student getting such points across the country. The headmaster of the school Island Mtambo said the student Davie Ng’oma did not sit for […]