LUSAKA Catholic Diocese Archbishop Alick Banda says a priest is not a joker and his message can only be ignored at one’s own peril. Chawama-based Catholic Priest Fr Anthony Salangeta recently came under spotlight for mocking President Hakainde Hichilema’s use of graphs to illustrate how Zambia’s GDP had fared since 1973 at a press conference, arguing that people did not need graphs but nshima. But speaking at the ADL Annual Youth Pilgrimage at the Marian Shrine, Saturday, Archbishop Banda asked people to decide who was the real joker between a priest and a liar. “I wish to state and defend all priests in the arch diocese of Lusaka, in particular, and in the world in general. A priest is not...

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