{"id":20759,"date":"2024-08-30T13:12:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T13:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=20759"},"modified":"2024-08-30T13:13:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T13:13:17","slug":"zambia-catholic-priest-in-zambia-urges-christians-to-take-responsibility-in-fight-against-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/zambia-catholic-priest-in-zambia-urges-christians-to-take-responsibility-in-fight-against-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"ZAMBIA: Catholic Priest in Zambia Urges Christians to Take Responsibility in Fight Against Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Meckias Banda<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During Eucharistic celebration at St. Anne&#8217;s Cathedral Parish in Chipata Diocese, Fr. Adrian Matebesi, a Salesian of Don Bosco priest, has challenged Christians to take personal responsibility in addressing the country&#8217;s problems rather than waiting for one person to effect change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Father Matebesi emphasized that combating corruption is a collective duty, and urged parishioners to make conscious Christian decisions to refrain from contributing to corrupt practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stressed that the well-being of Zambia is a shared responsibility, benefiting all citizens, not just those in positions of power or wealth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fr Matebesi\u2019s sermon emphasized the importance of individual actions in creating a more just and equitable society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He encouraged Christians to recognize their role in shaping the nation&#8217;s future and to work together toward positive change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meckias Banda During Eucharistic celebration at St. Anne&#8217;s Cathedral Parish in Chipata Diocese, Fr. Adrian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20759","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\/20759","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=20759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20760,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20759\/revisions\/20760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}