{"id":24388,"date":"2026-04-06T18:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=24388"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:58:22","slug":"zambia-priests-in-northern-zambia-meet-ahead-of-chrism-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/zambia-priests-in-northern-zambia-meet-ahead-of-chrism-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"ZAMBIA: Priests in Northern Zambia Meet Ahead of Chrism Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Lutanda Radio<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>A large number of Catholic diocesan priests from across the Archdiocese of Kasama in northern Zambia gathered at Moto Moto Pastoral Centre for their annual clergy meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The gathering, held under the Kasama Association of Zambian Diocesan Catholic Clergy (KAZADCC), brought together priests serving in 35 parishes and three sub-parishes to discuss issues affecting their ministry and welfare.<\/p>\n<p>According to KAZADCC President, Reverend Father Edward Chola Mwale, the meeting provided a platform for clergy to reflect on pastoral challenges, development needs within the Church, and the overall well-being of priests working in the archdiocese.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese meetings are important for strengthening our pastoral work and addressing the realities we face in serving our communities,\u201d Fr. Mwale said in an interview with Lutanda Catholic Radio News.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was held ahead of the annual Chrism Mass, which was presided over by the Archbishop of Kasama, Most Reverend Ignatius Chama, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lutanda Radio \u00a0A large number of Catholic diocesan priests from across the Archdiocese of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24388","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\/24388","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=24388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24390,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24388\/revisions\/24390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}