{"id":16401,"date":"2023-02-24T13:26:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=16401"},"modified":"2023-02-24T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:26:24","slug":"zambia-nuncio-zambia-and-malawi-toast-popes-pontificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/24\/zambia-nuncio-zambia-and-malawi-toast-popes-pontificate\/","title":{"rendered":"ZAMBIA: Nuncio, Zambia and Malawi Toast Pope\u2019s Pontificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Mwenya Mukuka<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Apostolic Nuncio and the Bishops\u2019 Conferences of Zambia and Malawi have celebrated Pope Francis\u2019 10-year Pontificate in Lusaka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the occasion, the Catholic Bishops in Zambia through Archbishop Alick Banda said the 10 years of Francis\u2019 Pontificate is an eloquent example of various stakeholder engagement for the common good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWith his encyclicals, Pope Francis has warned us on the need to protect our common home. He urges us to move beyond differences and embrace fraternity and social functions,\u201d Archbishop Banda said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Archbishop Banda explained that it is such value of engagement that have characterized his pontificate and made him take long journeys over the globe despite his age and ailing health which recently saw him in Congo DR and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDuring his visit he brought to light once again the exploitation done to our continent by external powers in collusion with their multinational companies including some of our leaders,\u201d Archbishop Banda observed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Archbishop Banda further noted the Nuncio contribution to the fight against Covid 19 by making sure that resources and materials are available to mitigate the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn this short stay, you also provided us with 4 shepherds to care for the flock. That was a great milestone. We are most grateful to your availability,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Catholic Bishops in Malawi have shown gratitude to God for the episcopate of Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on behalf of the 8 Catholic Bishops of Malawi, Archbishop George Tambala of Lilongwe said the 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Pope\u2019s Francis Pontificate reminds them of their duty, service to creation, humanity and the Church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe join you, in thanking God for his presence in the world and in the Church,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And making a comment on the recent visit of Pope Francis to Congo and South Sudan, Archbishop Tambala said that the Holy Father\u2019s visit brought consolation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile diplomats accredited to Zambia say, they appreciate the message of love and peace to which Pope Francis has devoted his life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Lusaka, Dr. Walid Hasan said the Pope\u2019s message of love and peace is coupled with concern for the vulnerable, the poor and elderly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe holy Father calls for equality and defending human dignity, and his urge for environmental protection. Respecting religious dialogue and promotion of dialogue among them,\u201d said Dr. Hasan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ends<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mwenya Mukuka The Apostolic Nuncio and the Bishops\u2019 Conferences of Zambia and Malawi have celebrated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amecea-news","category-zambia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16402,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16401\/revisions\/16402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}