by Sean Reilly | Jan 31, 2008
As the political and economic crisis continues in Zimbabwe, two senior Catholic figures from England and Wales have been making a pastoral visit to the troubled country, offering support to churches and grassroots communities. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 16, 2008
Lambeth Palace, HQ of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has issued a strongly worded statement in response to media reports that a number of Anglican church services in Harare have been disrupted by Zimbabwean state officials. “The Archbishop of Canterbury condemns...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 15, 2008
One of the BBC chief reporters has defied a government ban on the Corporation’s personnel operating in Zimbabwe, and has reported that opposition to President Robert Mugabe is growing within his own Zanu-PF party. John Simpson, who came to the attention of a...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 15, 2008
The Church of the Province of Central Africa has revoked the priest’s licence of Zimbabwean Bishop Nolbert Kunonga, following his decision to pull the Anglican diocese of Harare out of the regional division of the denomination. The refusal by Kunonga and his...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 14, 2008
Extreme rainfall in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe has caused severe flooding with devastating consequences – including food shortages to come as farmers’ crops are washed away, warn international church and development bodies. UK-based agency Christian Aid...
