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| Topic Started: Friday, 23. March 2007, 23:46 (657 Views) | |
| Rose of York | Friday, 23. March 2007, 23:46 Post #1 |
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| Deleted User | Saturday, 24. March 2007, 10:44 Post #2 |
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Yes Rose this man is a brave beacon of hope in that country. I am too old to have heroes but if I did he would be the man John |
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| Eve | Saturday, 24. March 2007, 11:29 Post #3 |
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One of our own Archbishops is willing to give his life for the Zimbabweans. I beg you all, to consider supporting the Catholic internet newspaper that transmits Catholic News to oppressed people. http://z10.invisionfree.com/Catholic_Cyber...wtopic=247&st=0 |
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| Rose of York | Saturday, 24. March 2007, 22:29 Post #4 |
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| tomais | Wednesday, 28. March 2007, 15:57 Post #5 |
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Ellin Tague has been reprting on Zimbabwe for a little while now, usually in the Tablet. It is only in the very recent past that Zimbabwe has once agin come to be in the news, television and print. South Africa is very much dragging it heels- despite two million Zim refugees there. Zimbabwe's seminaries are full. Christianity is much to the fore- and Magabe has done his best to subvert it. The statistics are horrifying on health, on commerce and economics. Pius NcCube was in London about a month ago; there were some reports, a few. The Chinese have been invited in and are lending vast amounts of money as well as the electronic software for reading e-mails- slicing open letters is so very easy as Mgabe at al have had long practice. Yes I have had the Chines attempts at virus infections via my correspondances with Harare. The Redemptorists are very active inand around Hare, and go about desptie the CIO threats and active discouragement. Edinburgh University has been very laggardly in removing Magabw's ho doctorate- despite pressure they have still not done so. There is concern that Bishop Pius may be an Africam Romero- we pray not. Magabe may not last much longer- ( early altheimers?) and ZanuPF frustration; Few whites left- a few farmers out of six thousands and Zim is importing maze; inflation- 1,800 and rising. Petrol/diesel equivalent to £42.00 a litre. The Church and Churches( with a few Bush type adherents) are the future. Tomais |
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| Angus Toanimo | Wednesday, 28. March 2007, 17:12 Post #6 |
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Good to see Archbishop Pius Ncube giving Mugabe some stick! It's about time (well, long overdue) that some agency went into Zimbabwe and rid it of Mugabe and his ZanuPF comrades. Trouble is, who will dare? |
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| Rose of York | Wednesday, 28. March 2007, 20:19 Post #7 |
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If our Prime Minister had urged the United Nations to send troops into Zimbabwe, he would have got far more support from the British people than he did over the invasion of Iraq. I have two friends, the husband aged over 80, his wife probably late sixties. His father emigrated from England, so my friend is not British by birth. In 1939 the father and son left their farm in Zimbabwe under the management of the mother of the family, so the men could travel to Britain and defend this island in its hour of need. The same could be said of many men who were in that country during the war years. We needed them. They came. They need us now. What do they matter? They have no oil. My friend was a highly qualified professional, very well off financially. He had a luxurious home, and gave employment to many. He is now in England, living from hand to mouth in a shabby 40 year old mobile home, penniless, getting little or no support from our governement. Judging by the photographs of his house in Zimbabwe, a similar property here would cost well over £1 million. He cannot go to it, he cannot dispose of it. Other people have taken it over, and ruined it - he has received photographs. They are cut off from friends they had for decades. |
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| Eve | Sunday, 6. May 2007, 11:30 Post #8 |
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Did any of you see this morning's Heaven and Earth programme on BBC? I did and felt I was listening to a future martyr. Link to report
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| Derekap | Sunday, 6. May 2007, 17:31 Post #9 |
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Patrick wrote: "It's about time (well, long overdue) that some agency went into Zimbabwe and rid it of Mugabe and his ZanuPF comrades." I hope if anyone does, the follow-up is better planned than the disasterous Blair/Bush escapade in Iraq. |
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| Eve | Sunday, 6. May 2007, 18:23 Post #10 |
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What a pity there is no oil in Zimbabwe. |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 6. May 2007, 19:39 Post #11 |
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I thought Archbishop Ncube's voice was shaky, as though he felt nervous. That would be understandable. He was speaking openly, saying that he will always stand up against Mugabe, even if it results in his own death. He said the time has come for a massive campaign of civil disobedience because politicians have tried talking to Mugabe, it was a waste of time, and the Pope has talked to him, that too was a waste of time. No doubt some (not our forum members) will come out with the old chestnut "The church should keep out of politics). Archbishop Ncube had a few words to say about that, too. |
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| Derekap | Sunday, 6. May 2007, 21:19 Post #12 |
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I get the apparent impression that opposition to Mugabe is united. Let us pray and hope that when he does eventually go the present opposition will remain united for the benefit of everyone in Zimbabwe and not start squabling or even fighting among themselves. |
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| tomais | Monday, 7. May 2007, 11:20 Post #13 |
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Been in e-mail contact with Harere; all is nervous,especially with the scalpel knife edge of Gono banking, inflation,( 2,200 ? rising). See Zimbabwe news Papers on line. click on Herald, the government paper. The Zimbabwean,( bottom of thelisted papers) is published in Southampton for a balaned view. Wilf Mbanga editor with experience of beng ejected from Zim. Catholic Bishops in Zim very strong. Mgabes Edinburgh doctorate still in balance; a few other honorary recipients have promised, not threatened to hand their back in if O'Shea does not move quickly. Tomais |
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| Rose of York | Tuesday, 29. May 2007, 23:36 Post #14 |
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[auote=Independent Catholic News] NAIROBI - 30 May 2007 - 280 words Zimbabwe: Archbishop Ncube says churches will not be cowed by Mugabe Zimbabweans are praying for an end to the 'autocratic' and 'brutal' regime of President Robert Mugabe that has brought untold suffering to the country, says outspoken Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo. "There is a lot of prayer in Zimbabwe right now - praying of the rosary, night prayers to Our Lady for the country," the archbishop says in an interview to be published in the June-July issue of Inside the Vatican magazine. The Archbishop says it was imperative for the bishops of Zimbabwe to write their Easter Pastoral Letter which blamed the crisis in the country on bad governance. Mugabe dismissed the letter as political nonsense. "The situation of the people was becoming worse and worse. Among the young people, there was a growing anger and a growing sense of uncertainty and desperation. We were in the hands of a man who for 27-plus years had been autocratic and using his army to be brutal on the people," he said. Archbishop Ncube says Mugabe's regime tries to intimidate the clergy for their solidarity with the people. "We were told: 'You keep to the Bible, to religious affairs, don,t comment on political matters. If you want to come into politics then give up your religious garb, and be a politician and then we will deal with you properly.'" But the church will not be cowed, Archbishop Ncube says. . "We feel duty bound to stand with the people in a time when there is so much suffering; in times when the humanitarian situation of the people food wise, education-wise, health-wise, is getting worse and worse." Source: CISA[/quote] Why are Western Governments sitting back and doing nothing? |
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| Rose of York | Wednesday, 6. June 2007, 21:17 Post #15 |
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It looks as though Mugabe is a coward. He dare not specifically target the Archbishop, so his men are harassing the laity. |
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