PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has hailed the Catholic Church in Zambia for the services it provides to citizens, especially in health and education sectors. Meanwhile, Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) president Ignatius Chama has lamented that efforts by the catholic bishops to meet the President in the past yielded no results. Archbishop Chama led a team of bishops to State House yesterday. Lusaka Archbishop Alick Banda and Chipata Bishop George Lungu were, however, not among the attendees. During the meeting, President Hichilema reiterated that his administration was not in competition with the church. “Also to say that we have said this before that this government is not in competition with the Church, with the Body of Christ. This government is...

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