Cleric urges Pope to excommunicate Mugabe

FIERY cleric, Patrick Mugadza of the #MugabeMustFall campaign, deposed a petition at the Vatican Embassy in Harare yesterday, asking the Roman Catholic to excommunicate President Robert Mugabe on the basis of his alleged misrule and rampant human rights violations.

Mugadza, in his petition to Pope Francis, which was received by Father Gabriel Pesce, said Mugabe had trampled upon so many people’s rights and deserved to be excommunicated.

He called for the church’s intervention, saying the situation in the country was extremely bad and remedial action was needed as soon as possible.

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