…Emeritus Archbishop Mpundu says he does not know what the Catholic Bishops are now afraid of to challenge the current political establishment
By NATION REPORTER
THE leadership of the Catholic Church, the Zambia Conference of the Catholic Bishops is compromised and that is why they have failed to come up with a strong Pastoral Statement on the state of the nation, Emeritus Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu has charged.
And Archbishop Mpundu has accused President Hakainde Hichilema of taking God’s people for granted and should therefore not be allowed to go beyond the first term because he has ostensibly become a danger to the peace, unity and democracy of the country.
Archbishop Mpundu says he does not know what the Catholic Bishops are scared of to check and criticise the UPND government that is with all intents becoming more repressive than ever before.
Archbishop Mpundu said the role of the Church, particularly the Catholic Church was to challenge the excesses of the political establishment but was worried that the current leadership had chosen silence while citizens were being thrown into economic and political miseries.
He said the Catholic Conference of Bishops with its background and history had always been known to put in check brutal political establishments but is wondering what could have gone wrong with the current leadership of the church.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
