{"id":57,"date":"2016-03-18T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/malawi-cplo-challenges-parliamentarians\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:40:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:40:29","slug":"malawi-cplo-challenges-parliamentarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/03\/18\/malawi-cplo-challenges-parliamentarians\/","title":{"rendered":"MALAWI: CPLO challenges parliamentarians to do Politics with a Merciful Gaze"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO) of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) recently held a Eucharistic Celebrations at the Parliament Building in Lilongwe for Malawi Catholic Members of Parliament who are currently seating for the midyear review budget where among others; parliamentarians were challenged to do politics with a merciful gaze.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nECM
\nParliamentary Liaison Officer Rev. Fr. Henry Chinkanda said the call for parliamentarians
\nto do politics with a merciful gaze was in line with the entire Catholic Church
\nwhich is celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nReflecting
\non Lord\u2019s words as found in Mathew 5: 7 that state; \u201cBlessed are the merciful
\nfor God will be merciful to them\u201d, Fr. Chinkanda reminded the Members of the
\nAugust House that they too are invited to embrace this wonderful gift of God by
\nbeing merciful politicians in exercising their national responsibility.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHe called on
\nPoliticians in Malawi the adhere to Pope Francis\u2019 advice, who recently said,
\nlet politicians not build walls of resentment, rather, let them construct
\nbridges of dialogue to establish good relationship.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cTo be a
\ngood Christian as a Politician is to be a bridge of dialogue, love and reconciliation
\nas a result of being merciful. Resentment breeds hatred and hatred breeds
\ndeath,\u201d said Fr. Chinkanda, adding that \u201cDon\u2019t raise your voice in the August
\nHouse \u2013 rather improve your argument by means of mutual dialogue and mercy.\u201d<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOver fifty
\nCatholic Members of Parliament and staff were in attendance during the Holy
\nMass.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBy Prince Henderson, ECM Communications
\nOfficer<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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