{"id":24081,"date":"2026-02-20T21:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=24081"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:26:58","slug":"malawi-bishop-chaima-appeals-to-christians-to-support-and-care-for-the-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/malawi-bishop-chaima-appeals-to-christians-to-support-and-care-for-the-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"MALAWI: Bishop Chaima Appeals to Christians to Support and Care for the Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fr. Steven Alfred Likhucha<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Zomba in Malawi, Rt. Rev. Alfred Mateyu Chaima led the faithful from Zomba Diocese during a Eucharistic celebration at Zomba Central Hospital, which was offered for the sick and all healthcare officials.<\/p>\n

The Bishop has called upon the people to continue taking care of the sick by supporting them in their basic needs, praying for them, visiting and encouraging them in their difficult situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of our mission as a Church is to make sure that we are taking care of all souls including those that are sick because they are part of the family of God as such we all need to care for the sick by praying for them, supporting them in their daily needs, visiting and encouraging them that they should not waiver in the faith just because of the situation in which they are.\u201d The Bishop said.<\/p>\n

Bishop Chaima recalled that the Good Samaritan story (cf. Lk. 10: 25-37) has multiple lessons for all Christians: that charity to the vulnerable is more important than the observance of the law. He also stressed that people are well recognized as Christians whenever they become concerned with the plight of those suffering such as the sick people. He urged the sick to have strong faith in God, who heals all.<\/p>\n

The Prelate finally called upon all healthcare officials to continue providing quality care to patients by being the medicine in themselves to the sick, through their kindness, joy, and love whenever they are rendering their services. He thanked all the dignitaries, including the Mayor of the City of Zomba, for gracing the event.<\/p>\n

The Diocesan Hospital Chaplain, Fr. Charles Namalitha, informed the Bishop that hospital chaplaincy becomes easier when patients are adequately supported through regular visitations, prayers, the provision of basic needs, and proper healthcare services. He took advantage of the Mayor of the City of Zomba’s presence to request a chapel, like those in other Central Hospitals in the country, so patients can gather for prayers.<\/p>\n

Representing the Laity, Hastings Dowe, the Diocesan Laity Chairperson, thanked the Bishop for his absolute commitment to pastoral services and asked the lay faithful to complement what the Bishop is doing by visiting and supporting the sick in the hospitals. He also called for the continued unity of all Christians so that Diocesan objectives, including taking care of the sick, could be fulfilled.<\/p>\n

The Mayor of the City of Zomba, His Worship Christopher Jana, thanked the Catholic Church for being a good example in caring for the vulnerable people in Zomba City, as demonstrated by the visitation, prayers, and gifts given to the sick and their guardians at Zomba Central Hospital. He also urged all the healthcare officials to continue providing good care to the sick.<\/p>\n

The Catholic Diocese of Zomba, through the Catholic Women Association, annually organizes this event in February in order to cheer the sick as part of the commemoration for the World Day of the Sick, which falls during the midweek on Wednesday, 11th<\/sup> February, when the entire Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The patients and guardians were given a variety of items, including sugar, soap, bread, clothes, salt, and cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fr. Steven Alfred Likhucha The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Zomba in Malawi, Rt….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amecea-news","category-malawi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24081","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24083,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24081\/revisions\/24083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}