ZAMBIA: Emeritus Bishop Urges Lay Faithful to Support their Bishops

Emeritus
Bishop of Mansa diocese Rt. Rev. Aaron Chisha has asked the lay faithful to
support and encourage the bishops as they carry out their tasks.

Bishop
Chisha said that the Bishops though divinely appointed, face difficult tasks
and make sacrifices in line of their duties.

During his
homily when Zambia Catholic Bishops held mass with the Catholic secretariat
staff in Lusaka on 19th January, 2016, Bishop Chisha said, “Support the
bishops and God will give you abundant blessings.”

Welcoming
Bishop elect for Mpika Diocese, Very Rev. Justin Mulenga, he said that the
Catholic Church is pleased to have a new bishop for Mpika diocese. “We should
be happy in the church that we have a new bishop. It has taken long to have one
because the Church makes consultations. The Church could have found one from
Mozambique, Sudan or India but it has appointed one from Kasama Archdiocese,” he
said.

Making
reference to scriptural readings of the day where King David could not harm
King Saul, Bishop Chisha said that is how society should be.

“Do not harm
even those have who have wronged you. Forgive wholeheartedly those that have
wronged you” he advised.

By Mwenya Mkuka, Communications Officer ZEC