CATHOLIC Diocese of Ndola Bishop Benjamin Phiri has insisted that politicians shouldn’t be accorded a chance to speak to the congregation during mass or within the parish premises. Former Kwacha PF member of parliament Joseph Malanji on Sunday attended mass at Blessed Anuarite Parish, Chipata Catholic Church, in Kitwe’s Kwacha Constituency, where he addressed the congregants and assured them that he would re-contest his seat and further donated some money to the church. But in a memo addressed to all Priests and parish leaderships in the Diocese, Bishop Phiri said it was unfortunate that some parish leadership had overlooked the earlier guidance given when receiving politicians in Churches. “Following the earlier directive I gave last year slightly before the General...

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