The Sunday Mail
Think long-term: Pope Francis
Pope Francis’ call for environmental protection, a prevalent theme in his papacy, came on the second full day of his weeklong tour of South America. He was speaking to a group of civic leaders and indigenous people at San Francisco Church in Quito, Ecuador’s capital city.
Like Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay-countries which the Pope visited are home to vast natural resources but also problems like deforestation, pollution and widespread poverty.
In recent months, indigenous groups have protested Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, saying that his promotion of drilling and mining near the Amazon rainforest could ruin their ancestral homeland.
Last Tuesday, the Pope left little doubt about whose side he takes.
“The tapping of natural resources, which are so abundant in Ecuador, must not be concerned with short-term benefits,” Francis said. — CNN
Anglicans build US$176m varsity
THE Anglican Church of the Central Province of Central Africa has unveiled plans to build a US$176 million university in Marondera.
In an interview in Marondera recently where thousands of pilgrims from Zimbabwe and beyond commemorated the life of Bernard Mizeki — a lay African catechist and missionary martyred in 1896 — Diocese of Harare Bishop Chad Gandiya said the church was awaiting Government approval to proceed.
“Plans are well-advanced; we are waiting for final approval we need to be licensed before we can start putting up structures but in as far as letting our friends both locally and abroad know what we are doing that has been done.
“Hopefully in September we will be doing our groundbreaking depending on whether we are granted permission or not. Everything is literally hanging on that permission.
‘‘The process is already taking place,”
Power meets power at Judgement Night 3
The countdown has begun to the United Family International Church all-night prayer dubbed “Judgement Night 3”.
The annual event at Harare’s National Sports Stadium on August 25 is themed “A night when power meets power”.
UFI spokesperson Pastor Prime Kufakunesu said, “I can confirm that everything that needs to be done towards the programme for now is done. This year we are expecting a huge crowd than in previous years. This is because we don’t serve a stagnant God. Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa’s God is an increasing God.
“Prophet Makandiwa told us that God had talked to him and assured him that Judgement Night 3 will be tremendous.”
He said people should expect miracles, prophesies, deliverance and healing at this year’s event.
