We’ll not be silenced: Bishops

LOCAL Anglican bishops have thrown their weight behind their Catholic counterparts who were recently publicly chastised by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for highlighting human rights abuses in the country.

Government recently blasted local Catholic priests for releasing a hard-hitting pastoral letter outing the State’s heavy handedness on civilians.In an equally strongly-worded pastoral letter dated August 24, 2020, the Anglican Council of Zimbabwe (ACZ) said the government should not threaten the church for carrying out its spiritual duty of “speaking on behalf of God’s

people” and calling political leaders to order when they deviate from the norm.

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