Zimbabwe Archives

State media: Mugabe to be buried next Sunday

Associated Press, Church in Africa
Sep 8, 2019

At a Roman Catholic cathedral where Robert Mugabe used to attend Mass, a priest on Sunday opened the church service by paying tribute to the former ruler and asking congregants to forgive him.

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe independence leader and ruler, dies at 95

Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
Sep 6, 2019

Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe to independence from Britain in 1980 and then crushed his opposition during nearly four decades of rule, always liked to be seen as a devout Catholic. Mugabe, 95, died Sept. 6 in Singapore, where he has often received medical treatment in recent years.

Cause for beatification of British missionary in Zimbabwe opens Sept. 5

Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
Jul 29, 2019

The Vatican has allowed the bishops of Zimbabwe to open the sainthood cause of a British missionary murdered after he refused to abandon his ministry to people with Hansen’s disease during the country’s civil war.

African floods ‘wiped out entire villages’ after cyclone, says Jesuit

Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
Mar 26, 2019

More than 2 million people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been affected by a cyclone that has killed more than 700 people, with hundreds still missing in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Pope sends aid to southeast Africa after cyclone

Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
Mar 22, 2019

As an immediate sign of his concern and an encouragement to other donors, Pope Francis has sent $50,000 each to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi to assist with initial emergency relief efforts after a cyclone hit the region and caused massive flooding.