ZAMBIA: Pope Makes Charity Donation of 100,000 Euros Towards Hunger
Pope Francis gives the homily as he celebrates a marking the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 12, 2019. In attendance were U.S. bishops from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-GUADALUPE Dec. 12, 2019.
Mwenya Mukuka
Pope Francis has given Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) 100,000 Euros.
ZCCB Secretary General Father Cleophas Lungu has disclosed the development.
Fr. Lungu said that money given is after the ZCCB president Rt. Rev. George Lungu appealed to the Holy Father through the Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Malawi to support people in Zambia that are lacking good nutrition and failing to have enough food.
“Out of the many requests Pope Francis received, he chose to respond to a request from Zambia. This money will be distributed through the dioceses in order to reach to the neediest people especially those that suffered drought and floods,” Fr. Lungu said.
Pope Francis recently donated 3 Ventilators, thousands of surgical and ordinary face masks to Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops.
“Through the donation of the 3 ventilators, lives have been saved. The pain, sufferings of the people of Zambia is relieved,” Fr. Lungu said.
And Father Lungu has noted the solidarity messages that the Holy Father has been sending during the Covid-19 pandemic.
