{"id":20626,"date":"2024-08-16T13:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=20626"},"modified":"2024-08-16T13:57:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:57:31","slug":"zambia-bishop-lungu-calls-for-respect-of-church-sanctity-government-intervention-in-human-wildlife-conflict-chipata-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/16\/zambia-bishop-lungu-calls-for-respect-of-church-sanctity-government-intervention-in-human-wildlife-conflict-chipata-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"ZAMBIA: Bishop Lungu Calls for Respect of Church Sanctity, Government Intervention in Human-Wildlife Conflict Chipata, Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>By Meckias Banda<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bishop George Lungu of the Chipata Diocese in Zambia has urged Christians to maintain the sanctity of the Church, emphasizing that it is a place of worship and not for other activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking during the blessing of a sub-parish Chikwa in the Chama district, which was elevated to a full parish, Bishop Lungu stressed the importance of caring for church property.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, Bishop Lungu appealed to the government to address the pressing issue of human-wildlife conflict in the area, prioritizing human life over animal conservation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He emphasized the need for government intervention to protect the community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event marked a significant milestone for the Chikwa sub-parish, now elevated to a full parish, and underscored the collaborative efforts between the government and religious institutions in driving development and addressing community concerns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Meckias Banda Bishop George Lungu of the Chipata Diocese in Zambia has urged Christians&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20626","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\/20626","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=20626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20629,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20626\/revisions\/20629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}